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asker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun asker has 1 sense
- asker(n = noun.person) enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner - someone who asks a question; Array has particulars: cross-examiner, cross-questioner, examiner, quizzer, tester, inquisitor, interrogator, interviewer, canvasser, headcounter, poll taker, pollster
is a kind of speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer
Derived forms verb ask1, verb ask3, verb ask5
CIDE DICTIONARY
asker, n.
One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. Shak. [1913 Webster]
asker, n. [A corruption of AS. aexe lizard, newt.].
An ask; a water newt. [1913 Webster]
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