QUAESTOR


Meaning of QUAESTOR in English

[ 'kwi:stə ]

■ noun (in ancient Rome) any of a number of officials in charge of public revenue and expenditure.

Derivatives

~ial adjective

~ship noun

Origin

L., from an old form of quaesit- , quaerere 'seek'.

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