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responder

[ ri-spon-der ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that responds.
  2. Electronics. the part of a transponder that transmits the reply.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of responder1

First recorded in 1875–80; respond + -er 1

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Example Sentences

One responder accused me of not even knowing what racism is.

Social media have created a platform for every single American to become a “virtual first responder,” in word, donation, or deed.

A first responder pushed a wheelchair-bound woman to safety and then returned to the carnage.

I am told that the first responder who found her looked into her eyes and told her ‘your parents love you.’

“First of all, you are not going to die,” counseled the first responder, Calimhero.

Las terminaciones dichas de as, an, &c., sirven mejor para preguntar que para responder del tiempo pasado.

Y en lo demas que contiene la dicha consulta quedo mirando para responder ella.

Lowell and Depew are acknowledged as peers of any "toast-responder" or "after-dinner orator" the world has ever seen.

Hart could not tell whether the old woman was an active member or just a passive responder, but it did not matter.

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