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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUESTUARY

a.Studious of profit.

 

QUESTUARY

n.One employed to collect profits.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUESTUARY

Ques "tu *a *ry, a. Etym: [L. quaestuarius, from quaestus gain, profit, quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, earn. ]

 

Defn: Studious of profit. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

QUESTUARY

QUESTUARY Ques "tu *a *ry, n.

 

Defn: One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's questuaries." Jer. Taylor.