quest /kwest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] literary
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: queste , from Latin quaestus ; ⇨ ↑ question 1 ]
1 . a long search for something that is difficult to find
quest for
his long quest for truth
the quest for human happiness
World leaders are now united in their quest for peace.
2 . in quest of something trying to find or get something:
They journeyed to the distant Molucca islands in quest of spices.