Meanings
nounquaestor (plural quaestors)
plural quaestors · alternative quæstor · alternative questor
- historicalAn 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 - historicalThe 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.
- historicalIn the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
Origin
- Latinquaestor
- Middle Englishquestor
- Englishquaestor
From Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κοιαίστωρ
- κοιαίστωρ (koiaístōr)Ancient Roman official
Bulgarian квестор
- квестор (kvestor)Ancient Roman official
Catalan qüestor
- qüestorAncient Roman official
Danish kvæstor
- kvæstorAncient Roman official
Finnish kvestori
- kvestoriAncient Roman official
French questeur
- questeurAncient Roman official
German Quästor
- QuästorAncient Roman official
Hungarian quaestor
- quaestorAncient Roman official
Italian questore
- questoreAncient Roman official
Latin quaestor
- quaestorAncient Roman official
Polish kwestor, kwestorka
- kwestorAncient Roman official
- kwestorkaAncient Roman official
- kwestarzAncient Roman official
- kwestarkaAncient Roman official
- kwestorQuaestor sacri palatii
- kwestorkaQuaestor sacri palatii
- kwestarzMedieval officer who announced indulgences
- kwestarkaMedieval officer who announced indulgences
Romanian chestor
- chestorAncient Roman official
Russian кве́стор
- кве́стор (kvéstor)Ancient Roman official
Slovak kvestor
- kvestorAncient Roman official
Swedish kvestor
- kvestorAncient Roman official
Turkish quaestor
- quaestorAncient Roman official
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with quaestor
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
quaestor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quaestor
MLA
“quaestor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quaestor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quaestor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quaestor.
Source: quaestor on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.