Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUES'TOR
QUEST'MAN, or QUEST'MON-GERQUES'TOR-SHIP
QUES'TOR, n. [L. quæstor. See Quest and Query.]
In Roman antiquity, an officer who had the management of the public treasure; the receiver of taxes, tribute, &c.
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