rejoinder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
    return; counter; retort; replication; comeback; riposte.
    • it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
  2. noun (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

WordNet

Re*join"der noun
Etymology
From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.
Definitions
  1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
  2. (Law) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication. Syn. -- Reply; ansswer; replication. See Reply.
Re*join"der intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a rejoinder. Archaic

Webster 1913