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Meaning of QUESTUARY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ques"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. quaestuarius, from quaestus
    gain, profit, quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, earn.]
    Studious of profit. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
    
  2. \Ques"tu*a*ry\, n.
    One employed to collect profits. [R.] ``The pope's
    questuaries.'' --Jer. Taylor.
    
 
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