quester

nouninquirer

Synonyms for quester

noun inquirer

Word Origin & History

c.1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."

Example Sentences for quester

The nation of scholars pictured the quester as a student, not as a knight.

Even now, the Quester's adventure is a desperate one—few there be that find It.

As regards the quester himself, the maiden he thus woos is his reward and the noblest prize earth has to offer him.

I mean the higher law that is found at last by the quester after goodness, beauty and truth.

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Synonyms for quester

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