[f. QUESTION v. + -ER1.] One who questions; an interrogator, inquirer; † an interrogative form of speech; erotema.
1551. Cranmer, Answ. Gardiner, 73. The curious questioner, the foolishe answerer.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xix. (Arb.), 220. This figure I call the Questioner or inquisitiue.
1645. Milton, Tetrach., Wks. (1851), 228. (Matt. xix. 7–8) God … was making hel for curious questioners.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 41, ¶ 6. He was a Questioner, who … is one who asks Questions, not with a Design to receive Information, but an Affectation to show his Uneasiness for Want of it.
1801. Southey, Thalaba, V. xvi. Stranger, in thy turn,… who art thou, the questioner?
1890. H. S. Salt, Thoreau, 20. He was … a fearless thinker and questioner on … matters social and religious.
