Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Questor

Questor , noun

[Latin quaestor, contr. from quaesitor, from quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask: compare French questeur.]

(Rom. Antiquities) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.

At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.