Definition of "querist" []

• One who asks questions; an inquirer. (noun)

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• "The querist was a gaunt, forlorn-looking man, stoop-shouldered, and slow in his movements"
• "“Are you of noble birth?” demanded the same querist."
• "The old man started, as if from a trance, and before answering, surveyed the querist with a keen penetrating glance, which seemed to say,"