Crossword clues for questor
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Questor \Ques"tor\, n. [L. quaestor, contr. fr. quaesitor, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask: cf. F. questeur.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.
Note: At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of quaestor English)
Wikipedia
Questor may refer to:
- The QUESTOR Centre, an environmental research centre based at Queen's University Belfast
- Questor Thews, a character in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series of books by Terry Brooks
- An alternate spelling of Quaestor, an ancient Roman official
- The Questor Tapes, a 1974 TV movie created and produced by Gene Roddenberry and starring Robert Foxworth and Mike Farrell
- The Questor Tapes (TV series), a planned sequel to the movie
- Questor the Elf is a character in the 1985 Atari arcade game Gauntlet
- Questor (Busch Gardens Tampa), former motion simulator ride in Busch Gardens Tampa
- Questor, a small hamlet to the south of Dartford, Kent
Usage examples of "questor".
He thought of the people of Landover, of the black unicorn, of his new friends Willow, Abernathy, Bunion, Parsnip, and, of course, Questor.
Bunion and Parsnip were more than a match for the gnomes, Darkling or no, and Questor Thews ought to be able to use his own magic to counteract that of the demon if it should become necessary to do so.
The others rode after in a line, Ben leading, Willow and Questor following, Parsnip bringing up the rear on foot with the pack animals.
Bunion and Parsnip ate in silence, and Questor and Abernathy exchanged only mild barbs on the eating habits of men and dogs.
Questor and Abernathy carped about the behavior of men and dogs, and Parsnip hissed at them both.
Questor pointed in a sweeping motion to the mountains that ringed the valley, their peaks and forests shrouded in gray.
The argument was resolved when Questor used the magic to reheat it where it cooled in its kettle, and the kettle exploded in flames setting fire to the whole of the tressel table and the linen service set upon it.
The first time had been by a band of unemployed bravos, mercenary guards, on their way south from Questors View.
Recalling that the Elysian gods appeared to tailor their tests according to what they overheard from the questors, though, he did not elaborate.
The special instructions drawn up by the Questors prohibited the entrance of any armed force other than the regiment on duty.
Nevertheless, immediately after the sitting the Questors sent for the Special Commissary of Police of the Assembly, President Dupin being present.
The Questors were officers elected by the Assembly, whose special duties were to keep and audit the accounts, and who controlled all matters affecting the social economy of the House.
Jean-Didier Baze, Representative of the People, and Questor of the National Assembly, carried off by violence from my residence in the Palace of the National Assembly, and conducted to this prison by an armed force which it was impossible for me to resist, protest in the name of the National Assembly and in my own name against the outrage on national representation committed upon my colleagues and upon myself.
Graum Wythe Redux After Elizabeth had made excuses to her friends, she guided Abernathy and Questor Thews through the Bumbershoot crowds past a building called the Center House, a collection of mechanical rides filled with screaming children, and a series of food stands to a platform that serviced a monorail--which was something new to Questor, who hadn't spent as much time in the High Lord's old world as Abernathy.
By now they were far enough removed from Bumbershoot that people were beginning to take notice of their somewhat odd clothing — Questor in his gray, patched robe with its brightly colored sashes and Abernathy in his crimson-lined, silver-trimmed riding cloak — but no one was rude enough to say anything.