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Definition of Quaestors

quaestor
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. [Written also qu[ae]stor.] Note: At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.
Quaestor
Quaestor Qu[ae]s"tor, n. [L.] Same as Questor.

Meaning of Quaestors from wikipedia

- various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times. In the Roman Republic, quaestors were elected officials...
- European Parliament. Five quaestors are elected among the MEPs for two and a half year-terms, i.e. half a parliamentary term. Quaestors are elected after the...
- term Quaestor can refer to any number of officials: Quaestor, a magistrate in the Roman Republic responsible for civil and military finances Quaestor sacri...
- The following is a list of quaestors in ancient Rome, as reported by ancient sources and compiled by Broughton. The quaestorship was a political office...
- The quaestor hocicudo (Oxymycterus quaestor) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina...
- The quaestor sacri palatii (Gr****: κοιαίστωρ/κυαίστωρ τοῦ ἱεροῦ παλατίου, usually simply ὁ κοιαίστωρ/κυαίστωρ; English: Quaestor of the Sacred Palace)...
- of legislation was enacted in the comitia tributa, which also elected quaestors, curule aediles, military tribunes, and other minor magistrates. The plebeian...
- Moluccas. Cereopsius quaestor var. confluens Breuning, 1944 Cereopsius quaestor var. luctuosus Pascoe, 1866 Cereopsius quaestor var. nigrobasalis Kriesche...
- emperor, forty Quaestors were elected each year, but Augustus reduced this number to twenty. Augustus then divided the college of Quaestors into two divisions...
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