Answerers

They called these little figures "Answerers," and when a man was buried, they buried a lot of these clay servants along with him, so that, when he reached heaven, and was summoned to do work in the Field of Bulrushes, the Answerers would rise up and answer for him, and take the task off his shoulders.

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt James Baikie 1898

And did you know that rich Egyptians used to insure they'd get out of working in the afterlife by placing “shabtis” or “Answerers” in their tombs.

Let's Start Downstairs in the Afterlife Yvonne Rathbone 2009

The Yahoo Answers social network allows you to make friends with other Answerers.

Yahoo’s Acquisition of Upcoming a Challenge to MySpace? 2007

And did you know that rich Egyptians used to insure they'd get out of working in the afterlife by placing “shabtis” or “Answerers” in their tombs.

Archive 2009-01-01 Yvonne Rathbone 2009

Answerers might undertake to answer in accordance with the views of a particular type of person or a particular person (e.g. a famous philosopher), or they might answer according to their own beliefs.

Aristotle's Logic Smith, Robin 2007

Answerers may clearly see how to meet arguments of this kind, if our previous account was right of the sources whence fallacies came, and also our distinctions adequate of the forms of dishonesty in putting questions.

On Sophistical Refutations 2002

Answerers may clearly see how to meet arguments of this kind, if our previous account was right of the sources whence fallacies came, and also our distinctions adequate of the forms of dishonesty in putting questions.

On Sophistical Refutations 2002

So that I hope I may with justice pronounce myself an author perfectly blameless; against whom the tribes of Answerers, Considerers, Observers,

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726

So that I hope I may with justice pronounce myself an author perfectly blameless; against whom the tribes of Answerers, Considerers,

Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706

So that I hope I may with justice pronounce myself an author perfectly blameless; against whom the tribes of Answerers, Considerers,

Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706