answerer
/ˈæn.sə.ɹɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.49 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1714, Jonathan Swift, The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, London: John Morphew, in Bertrand A. Goldgar and Ian Gadd (eds.), English Political Writings 1711-1714, The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 256, It is a very unfair Thing in any Writer to employ his Ignorance and Malice together, because it gives his Answerer double Work […]"
- "1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of the Answerer” in Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), New York: Modern Library, 1921, p. 141, Now list to my morning’s romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer, To the cities and farms I sing as they spread in the sunshine before me."
- "He prayed that Leo didn't think he was a fool. The other men in Leo’s life, anonymous partners, answerers of ads, old boyfriends, old Pete, massed impatiently behind him […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English answer Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English answerer From answer + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæn.sə.ɹɚ/
- British English: /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɚ/