querent

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin querens, present participle of queror (“to complain”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkwɚɛnt/ ==== Noun ==== querent (plural querents) (law, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff. ===== Related terms ===== quarrel querela === Etymology 2 === Old French and Anglo-Norman querant, from Latin quaerens, present participle of quaerō (“to search for, to inquire”) (English query). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkwɚɛnt/ ==== Noun ==== querent (plural querents) (obsolete outside divination) An inquirer. ===== Related terms ===== query quesited === References === “querent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.