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Meaning of "quaestor" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUAESTOR

From Latin, from quaerere to inquire.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF QUAESTOR

ˈkwiːstə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUAESTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quaestor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUAESTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quaestor

Ancient Rome portal v t e A quaestor was a type of public official in the "cursus honorum" system who supervised the financial affairs of the state and conducted audits. In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official, but in the Roman Empire, quaestors came to be simply appointed. Today the term quaestor is used as a senior police rank in Italy and Romania, and as the title of an office of financial oversight in some organizations.

Definition of quaestor in the English dictionary

The definition of quaestor in the dictionary is any of several magistrates of ancient Rome, usually a financial administrator.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUAESTOR

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUAESTOR

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WORDS THAT END LIKE QUAESTOR

adjustor · ancestor · angel investor · arrestor · Astor · attestor · castor · coinvestor · impostor · institutional investor · investor · mum-and-dad investor · Nestor · questor · requestor · resistor · thermistor · thyristor · transistor · trustor

Synonyms and antonyms of quaestor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quaestor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUAESTOR

Find out the translation of quaestor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of quaestor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quaestor» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

刑事推事
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cuestor
570 millions of speakers
en

English

quaestor
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कोषाध्यक्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القسطور موظف روماني
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

квестор
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

quaestor
270 millions of speakers
bn

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বিচারক
260 millions of speakers
fr

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quaestor
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Quaestor
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Quästor
180 millions of speakers
ja

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quaestor
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

quaestor
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quan coi quốc khố
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

quaestor
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

क्वॅस्टोर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

quaestor
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

questore
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kwestor
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

квестор
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

chestor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοσμήτορα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quaestor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quaestor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quaestor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quaestor

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUAESTOR»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quaestor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUAESTOR»

Discover the use of quaestor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quaestor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Silver Coinage with the Types of Aesillas the Quaestor
A thorough catalogue of the coinage of Aesillas the Quaestor.
Robert A. Bauslaugh, 2000
2
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und ...
the quaestor, as the only other actual magistrate of the res publico., automatically assumed command on the death of a governor of even consular rank78, the choice of a deputy by a retiring governor was not a matter of simple protocol and  ...
‎1972
3
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law
One quaestor accompanied the emperor on his travels and functioned as a paymaster. De Ruggiero, DE 1. 204. Quaestores aquarii. Quaestors entrusted with the supervision of the aqueducts. Quaestores Candida ti principis. Two quaestors ...
Adolf Berger, 1968
4
The Logistics of the Roman Army at War: 264 B.C. - A.D. 235
Polybius speciflcally notes that the quaestor was responsible for deducting the cost of the grain rations from the soldiers' pay."12 Scipio turned over to the quaestors all the money confiscated from the Carthaginian treasury at New Carthage ...
Jonathan Roth, Jonathan P. Roth, 1999
5
Anatolian Studies presented to william Hepburn Buckler
In the first place, the province of which Appuleius was quaestor. Not necessarily the same as that of Philippus and of Q. Gallius, for L. Oppius, resident at Philomelium, does not occur here. Not Cilicia, therefore, as some have supposed ,1 but ...
William Moir Calder, 1939
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: latest edition. A dictionary ...
The dictator alone among military, commanders had no quaestor, because a quaestor would have been a limitation to his powers. The governor of Sicily had two qurestora ; all other governors and commanders had but one. Between the ...
Day Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith, 1902
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
[for quaesitor], a quaestor (originally two deputies of the consuls, to investigate ami try capital crimes; elected annually at the comitia of the tribes. From the earliest days of the republic they had the care of public moneys, archives, and military ...
Charlton Thomas Lewis, 1890
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The Encyclopedia Britannica: Latest Edition: A Dictionary of ...
The dictator alone among military commanders had no quaestof, because a quaestor would havo been a limitation to his powers. The governor of Sicily had two quaestors ; all other governors and commanders had but one. Between tho ...
‎1899
9
Ancient Roman Statutes: A Translation with Introduction, ...
Governor of an imperial province in the Principate. propraetorian quaestor (Lat. quaestor pro praetore; Grk. tamias kai antistrategos). Quaestor normally serving as temporary governor of a province. proquaestor (Lat. proquaestor, pro ...
Allan Chester Johnson, Paul Robinson Coleman-Norton, Frank Card Bourne, 1961
10
The Imperial Administrative System in the Ninth Century: ...
(see below), while the magister libellorum and the magister epistolarum (now Greek) along with their scrinia were subordinated to the quaestor. That one of the quaestor's dvnypadafis was the mag. lib. is supported by the occurrence of the ...
John Bagnell Bury, Philotheus, 1911

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUAESTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quaestor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hungary Rogán points the finger at OTP for balked Quaestor
The reason why the compensation of the victims of failed brokerage Quaestor balked was that banks turned to the Constitutional Court, said Antal Rogán, head ... «portfolio.hu, Jul 15»
2
Hungary's OTP sees long wait for tax breaks over Quaestor
The ruling Fidesz party has forced banks to finance the compensation of clients of Quaestor, which collapsed earlier this year after it was found to have issued ... «Reuters, May 15»
3
I still don't know how I made it through that night
22-24_quaestor-HN (1) More than four weeks have passed since the brokerage company Quaestor collapsed. Éva Himmer is one of those who are still waiting ... «Budapest Times, Apr 15»
4
Banking Association Disagrees With Compensation For Quaestor
The Hungarian Banking Association believes clients of failed brokerage Quaestor should not receive any compensation, chief secretary Levente Kovács said on ... «Hungary Today, Apr 15»
5
MNB revokes Quaestor license, facilitates client compensation
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) said on Friday that it had revoked the license of brokerage Quaestor and ordered it under liquidation, thus enabling the ... «Budapest Business Journal, Apr 15»
6
Bank association balks at Quaestor compensation
Quaestor brokerage filed for bankruptcy on March 9. According to allegations by officials, the brokerage received permission from the Hungarian National Bank ... «Budapest Business Journal, Apr 15»
7
Left-Wing Politicians, Embittered Clients Hold Anti-Government And …
About 500 protesters gathered in downtown Budapest on Saturday for a demonstration held in support of victims of the bankruptcy of the Quaestor brokerage ... «Hungary Today, Apr 15»
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Hungary government party proposes compensation for most …
The National Bank of Hungary suspended the Quaestor's licence on March 10, ... Quaestor from their savings has vanished," Rogan told a news conference. «Reuters, Apr 15»
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More and more questions
Quaestor was the third level in the domino game after Buda-Cash and Hungária Értékpapír, but as the creative explanation attempts performed by the Prime ... «Budapest Times, Apr 15»
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30 millió forintig kártalanítják a Quaestor-ügy károsultjait
Mégis a vétlen befektetési szolgáltatókkal fizetteti vissza a kormány a Quaestor-ügyben károsultak pénzét, legalábbis ez derült ki a Fidesz frakcióvezetőjének ... «Origo, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
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