RESPONDENT

I. noun Etymology: Latin ~-, respondens, present participle of respondēre Date: 1528 one who responds: as, one who maintains a thesis in reply, b. one who answers in various legal proceedings (as in equity cases), the prevailing party in the lower court, a person who responds to a poll, a reflex that occurs in response to a specific external stimulus, II. adjective Date: 1726 making response ; responsive , relating to or being behavior or responses to a stimulus that are followed by a reward