Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who replies or answers; one who makes a reply; specifically, in school disputations, one who makes a return to an answer; a respondent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who replies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
replies .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hello David, long-time ranter, first-time replier (to you).
Why do so many people wear clothes with brand names on them? Hadley Freeman 2010
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Your point is very accurate so instead of being a negative blog replier like MOST PEOPLE I am going to have to give you a 100% thumbs up on this.
Peak Load Pricing at the Movies, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As the first replier said, just plain laughable! dominika 8:19 pm on November 5, 2008 | # | Reply this is awful, and trivializing Burma
I GUESS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ARE NO MATCH FOR CLEAVAGE » Sociological Images 2008
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As the final replier, it seems to me that Clinton followed the wrong lead there.
"Because I'm an ordinary person, I thought..." Ann Althouse 2008
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This was not very efficient; in fact, especially in the days leading up to the conference, it was quite time-consuming for both asker and replier.
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This was not very efficient; in fact, especially in the days leading up to the conference, it was quite time-consuming for both asker and replier.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » The query checklist, part I, and some new ground rules 2006
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That's the trouble with replies: they are always convincing to the replier.
Pipefuls Christopher Morley 1923
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Two qualifications were necessary -- the replier must be able to read Latin, and to write it after a manner which should escape the ridicule of the scholars of
Obiter Dicta Second Series Augustine Birrell 1891
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Unless the replier has the vigour of Swift, or at least of Bentley, the adroitness in fence of
Matthew Arnold George Saintsbury 1889
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Dear Miss H. -- I am forced to be the replier to your Letter, for Mary has been ill and gone from home these five weeks yesterday.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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