Dictionary

quaestor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwestəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkwiːstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkwistəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō.

Meanings

1. (historical) An ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
   • Decoratus was quæstor in A.D. 508. 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 85, footnote 2
2. (historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
3. (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.

Forms

Deriveds

quaestorship

Translations (28)

mr क्वाएस्तोर (Ancient Roman official) · ro chestor (Ancient Roman official) · tr quaestor (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestarka (Ancient Roman official) · bg квестор (Ancient Roman official) · sk kvestor (Ancient Roman official) · io questoro (Ancient Roman official) · de Quästor (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestor (Quaestor sacri palatii) · da kvæstor (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestarz (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestorka (Quaestor sacri palatii) · grc κοιαίστωρ (Ancient Roman official) · sv kvestor (Ancient Roman official) · gl cuestor (Ancient Roman official) · ca qüestor (Ancient Roman official) · fi kvestori (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestarka (Medieval officer who announced indulgences) · ru кве́стор (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestorka (Ancient Roman official) · xfa 𐌂𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌃 (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestor (Ancient Roman official) · pl kwestarz (Medieval officer who announced indulgences) · fr questeur (Ancient Roman official) · mr क्वाएस्तोर (Quaestor sacri palatii) · la quaestor (Ancient Roman official) · hu quaestor (Ancient Roman official) · it questore (Ancient Roman official)