Is It Requester or Requestor?

Requestor is the older form, derived from the Latin ending -or, which is translated "one who". Hence, a requestor is one who requests. Requester is the English form, following the modern custom of ending such words with -er. Either form is correct.

What is the meaning of requestor?

Definition of 'requestor'

a. the act or an instance of requesting, esp in the form of a written statement; petition or solicitation.

What do you call a person who makes a request?

I would go with "requestor" because they are making a request. Other phrases used for similar concepts in some of the various software tools installed on my workstation: "originator" (but it applies generally, in a system that has more than just "requests"), "creator", "initiator".

Alexander Ross

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