answerer

noun

an·​swer·​er ˈan(t)-sər-ər 

plural answerers

: a person or device that answers someone or something

questioners and answerers

phone answerers

Mailboxes for answerers … let family members retrieve only their calls or separate business and personal calls.

—Consumer Reports, October 2004

Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined above

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