QUÆSTOR
\kwˈastə], \kwˈastə], \k_w_ˈa_s_t_ə]\
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kw[=e]s'tor, n. a magistrate with charge of the Roman public funds--originally who investigated cases of murder and executed sentence: in the Middle Ages an officer who announced indulgences: a treasurer--also QUES'TOR.--ns. QUÆS'TORSHIP, QUES'TORSHIP. [L.,--quærere, quæsitum, to seek.]
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).