questioner (i as y)

[Eng. question; -er.] One who questions; one who asks questions; an interrogator. "A questioner in matters of the king's prerogative."Wotton: Remains , p. 421. quest-ion-ing (i as y), pr . par . or a. [QUESTΙΟΝ, υ .] quest-ion-ing-lý (1 as y), adv. [Eng. question ing; ly.] In a questioning manner; by way of question. These ought to do,' I said to my friend question ingly ."-London Morning Advertiser. *quest-ion-ist, *quest-ion-iste (1 as y), subst. [Eng. question ; -ist.]. 1. A questioner, an inquirer. 2. A candidate for honors or degrees at the English universities. †quest-ion-le (i as y), a . & adv . [Eng. quest ion ; -le .] A. As adj .: Without question; unquestioning. B. As adv.: Not to be questioned; unquestionably; beyond all question or doubt. "Questionle Nature's instinct works in them a quicker instinct." Swan: Spec . Mundi , ch. viii., § 1. *quest-man, s. [Eng. quest (1), s., and man .] 1. One who had power to make quests or legal inquiries: (1) A person chosen to inquire into abuses and misdemeanors, especially with regard to weights and measures. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f quest monger (2) A collector of parish rates. ( Eng.) (3) A person chosen annually to a ist the church wardens. ( Eng. ) (4) A juryman; one impaneled on a quest. 2. One who laid informations and started petty lawsuits; a public informer. *quest-mon-ger, subst . [Eng. quest (1), s., and monger.] The same as QUEST MAN (q. v.). "Sute was made to the quest mongers, for it was a rich man that had done the act."-Latimer: Fourth Sermon on the Lord's Prayer. quës-tor, quæs-tor, s. [Lat.] 1. Rom. Antiq .: The title of certain magistrates at Rome who had superintendence of the public treasury, the receipt of taxes, tribute, payment of moneys on account of the public service, . They were originally two in number, and were at chosen from the patricians exclusively; but in B. С. 421, when the number was increased to four, it was arranged that, for the future, the office should be open to patricians and plebeians alike. The number was subsequently increased to eight, and eventually by Julius Cæsar to forty. *2. Church Hist .: Persons appointed by the Popes and Bishops to announce the indulgences for those who joined or supported the Crusades, or contributed to the building of churches and religious houses, and to collect the alms given for these objects. ques-tõr-ship, quæs-tõr-ship, subst . [Eng. questor; -ship .] The office of a questor; the term during which a questor held office. The questorship was the lowest of the great offices of state, and was regarded as the first step in the upward progre toward the Consulship. It was held for one year. quest-rist, s. [Eng. quester; -ist.] [QUEST (1), 8.] One who goes in search of another; a seeker. "Six and thirty of his knights, Hot questrists after him, met him at the gate." Shakesp.: Lear , iii. 7. +ques-tu-ar-, *quæs-tu-ar-y, a. & s. [Lat. quæstuarius, from quæstus = gain, profit, from quæro (pa. par. quæsitus ) = to seek.] A. As adj .: Studious of gain or profit. B. As subst.: One employed to collect profits. [QUESTOR, 2.] "Gerson and Dominicus à Soto are ashamed of these prodigious indulgences, and suppose that the pope's quæstuaries did procure them."-Jeremy Taylor: Dis suasive against Popery, ch. ii., § 3.