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.

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  • noun Alternative form of ask ("an eft or newt").
  • noun The person who asks a question

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who asks a question

Etymologies

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ask +‎ -er

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From Middle English aske, arske, from Old English āþexe ("newt, lizard"). More at ask.

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