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responsor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rĭ-spŏn′sər
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒn.sə/
  • General-American: /ɹɪˈspɔn.səɹ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ɹɪˈspɑn.səɹ/
  • Canada, standard: /ɹɪˈspɒn.səɹ/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ɹɪˈspɑn.səɹ/
  • Australian: /ɹɪˈspɔn.sə/
  • New-Zealand: /ɹəˈspɒn.sə/
  • Scotland: /ɹɪˈspɔn.səɾ/
  • India: /ɾɪˈspɔn.sɜː(ɾ)/
  • India: /ɾɪˈspɔn.səɾ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒnsə(ɹ)
  • homophone: responser

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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