Meaning

2 senses
  1. A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from a transponder.

  2. A person who is assigned responsibility for daily care of a person with a chronic illness and for working with the health care professionals.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin respōnsor. First attested in the a. 1649. By surface analysis

Learned borrowing from Latin respōnsor. First attested in the a. 1649. By surface analysis, clipping of responsory.

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Forms

plural: responsors
Singularresponsor
Pluralresponsors

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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