▪ I. querent, n.1
(ˈkwɪərənt)
Also 7 quær-.
[ad. L. quærent-em, pres. pple. of quærĕre to inquire: cf. querant, querist.]
One who asks or inquires; spec. one who consults, or seeks to learn something by means of, an astrologer.
| 1598 F. Wither tr. Dariot Astrol. Judg. O 3, By this meanes the Querent shall not haue his desyre. 1647 [see quesited]. 1653 Sir G. Wharton Comets Wks. (1683) 141 Many Queries..which I have answered..to my own and the Querents admiration. 1696 Aubrey Misc. (1784) 129 The Magicians now use a crystal-sphere,..which is inspected..sometimes by the Querent himself. 1705 W. Bosman Guinea 152 If the Priest is enclined to oblige the Querent, the Questions are put. 1845 Whitehall xxi. 151 The astrologer, fixing his keen, cunning eyes on the querent. 1881 [see quesited]. |
▪ II. ˈquerent, n.2 and a. rare.
[ad. L. querent-em, pres. pple. of querī to complain.]
a. n. ‘A complainant, plaintiff’ (J.). b. adj. Complaining.
| 1727 in Bailey, vol. II. 1845 Whitehall li. 363 A process in which Joyce assisted with manifest sulkiness, and many a querent glance at his young commander. |