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Requester

/rɪˈkwɛstər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who formally asks for something.

    "The requester submitted a detailed application for the grant."
  2. 2

    In computing, a user or system that initiates a request for data or services.

    "The requester in the API call received a response within seconds."

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Derived from the Old French word 'requester', stemming from the Late Latin 'requirere', meaning 'to seek after' or 'to ask for'. It evolved in Middle English through the noun form 'request' with the agent suffix '-er' added to denote a person who makes a formal inquiry or application.

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