respondent
re·spond·ent / riˈspändənt/ • n. 1. a defendant in a lawsuit, esp. one in an appeals or divorce case.2. a person who replies to something, esp. one supplying information for a survey or questionnaire or responding to an advertisement.• adj. 1. in the position of defendant in a lawsuit: the respondent defendant.2. replying to something, esp. a survey or questionnaire: the respondent firms in the survey.3. Psychol. involving or denoting a response, esp. a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus.
respondent
respondent Someone who offers information to a researcher, for example in response to a questionnaire, or during the course of an interview. The term ‘informant’ is often used when informal research techniques (such as unstructured interviews) have been employed. See also CASE.