Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Querent \Que"rent\, n. [L. querens, p. pr. of queri to
   complain.] (O. Eng. Law)
   A complainant; a plaintiff.

Querent \Que"rent\, n. [L. quaerens, p. pr. of quaerere to
   search for, to inquire.]
   An inquirer. [Obs.] --Aubrey.