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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

quaestor

, contr. fr.

quaesitor

, fr.

quaerere

quaesitum

, to seek for, ask: cf. F.

questeur

(Rom. Antiq.)

An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.

[Written also

quæstor

☞ At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.

Noun.

[L. quaestor. See Quest and Query.]

In Roman antiquity, an officer who had the management of the public treasure; the receiver of taxes, tribute, &c.