responder
nounUK /ɹɪˈspɒndə/ · CA, US /ɹɪˈspɑndɚ/
Etymology From respond + -er.
1
One who responds.
- As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness, page 31:
2
A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.
- 911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.
- Derived terms
- autoresponder, first responder, hyperresponder, non-responder, nonresponder, seroresponder, transponder