requestor or requester

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:59:34 +0000

COCA for requester/requestor indicates that requester is used for people and requestor is used in technical senses like a part of a program. A google ngram for requester/requestor shows that. 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. What is the meaning of requestor in terms of filling a form? requester or requestor \-kwes-tr\ noun (Merriam-Webster)