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单词 querant
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querantn.

Brit. /ˈkwɪərənt/, /ˈkwɪərn̩t/, U.S. /ˈkwɪrənt/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French querant.
Etymology: < Middle French querant (1558 in the pasage translated in quot. 1591), use as noun of present participle of querir to inquire (see queer v.1). Compare earlier querent n.1
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= querent n.1
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1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie ii. iv. 81 The questions..touching the siluer of the brother or sister of the querant [Fr. du querant].
1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. v. 494 He knows it best pleases the Querant to be confirmed in what she most wishes and desires.
1833 T. Dick Improvem. of Society App. 498 The querant must not expect any thing to be very kind to her until late in this year.
1913 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Times Press 23 Jan. 6/6 ‘No?’ went on the insatiate querant. ‘Then ye'll be a friend?’
2004 Prediction Apr. 58/1 The second card placed reveals something that is hidden from the querant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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