- a variation of quaestor.
questor
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Guy Pearce brings total conviction to Leonard, making an everyman of this bewildered questor.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2012
The questor and the refectioner will show you your lodging, and give you the sleeping cup.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
He asked the questor, who sat next to him, however, in a low voice, who that silent brother was; and it needed no farther explanation to make the monk understand whom he meant.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Antony had occupied the high offices of questor and tribune, the first calling for literary ability, the second for skill as an orator.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard
LII.—Caesar appointed over each legion a lieutenant and a questor, that every one might have them as witnesses of his valour.
From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar
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