Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ask . - noun One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.
- noun (Zoöl.), Local Eng. An ask; a water newt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
ask ("an eft or newt"). - noun The person who
asks aquestion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who asks a question
Etymologies
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Examples
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This could be because the asker is a beginner to article marketing, and views the task with a heavy heart.
How To Increase Effective Article Writing? « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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One thing you need to be prepared for if you're the asker is the same stuff guys have always had to deal with.
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Unless the son has two dads who got married and divorced with one dad that thinks masturbation is a sin (but not homosexuality apparently) I think assuming the asker is the mother is a fair assumption.
Ask MetaFilter 2009
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Assume the asker is a nice little old lady (over 70) who we employ because she is old and has no money, and all she does is make coffee and say hi to people, and we like her and her name is Doris. en Español
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It takes courage and the results to the "asker" are huge because not only do we get results, but we also get a connection with another human being.
Jeana Lee Tahnk: Why Is It So Difficult to Ask for Help? Jeana Lee Tahnk 2010
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If the "asker" can plea in the face of that you know they must be really desperate.
I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't Say No vuboq 2006
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It's the most degrading experience ever, so I do feel sorry for the "asker" in that repsect.
I'm Just a Girl Who Cain't Say No vuboq 2006
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Their descendants are beggars from the cradle; but they beg with a good grace, and not with a curse or an insult like the European 'asker' when refused: moreover, the mendicant pest is not now over-prevalent.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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[FN#53] The formula used in refusing alms to an "asker" or in rejecting an insufficient offer: "Allah will open to thee!"
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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'And wheeling an "asker" in a barrow, is not that work?' said he; 'then fling yon muckle stone in to boot: stay,
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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