respondent
noun/rɪˈspɒndənt/
/rɪˈspɑːndənt/
- a person who answers questions, especially in a survey
- 60 per cent of the respondents agreed with the suggestion.
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- (law) a person who is accused of something see also co-respondent
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in sense 1): from Latin respondent- ‘answering, offering in return’, from the verb respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.
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