Also 7 quær-. [ad. L. quærent-em, pres. pple. of quærĕre to inquire: cf. QUERANT, QUERIST.] One who asks or inquires; spec. one who consults, or seeks to learn something by means of, an astrologer.
1598. F. Wither, trans. Dariot Astrol. Judg., O 3. By this meanes the Querent shall not haue his desyre.
1647. Lilly, Chr. Astrol., vi. 49 [see QUESITED].
1653. Sir G. Wharton, Comets, Wks. (1683), 241. Many Queries..., which I have answered … to my own and the Querents admiration.
1696. Aubrey, Misc. (1784), 129. The Magicians now use a crystal-sphere,… which is inspected … sometimes by the Querent himself.
1705. trans. Bosman’s Guinea, 152. If the Priest is enclined to oblige the Querent, the Questions are put.
1845. [Emma Robinson], Whitehall, xxi. 151. The astrologer, fixing his keen, cunning eyes on the querent.
1881. [see QUESITED].
