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QUAESTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quaestor mean?
• QUAESTOR (noun)
The noun QUAESTOR has 1 sense:
1. any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
Familiarity information: QUAESTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("quaestor" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Domain category:
finance (the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets)
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