questern.

Brit.

/ˈkwɛstə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɛstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quest v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < quest v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare French quêteur person who searches for a person or thing (first half of the 13th cent. in Old French as questor ; also in Middle French as questeur ), person or hound who searches for game (16th cent.; for other senses see quaestor n.). Compare slightly earlier questrist n.

A person or hound who quests (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker

seekerc1330

hunterc1374

searchera1382

explorator1583

questa1616

questanta1616

ferret1629

quester1629

perquisitor1656

questor1887

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking > knightly quest > one who

quester1875

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 307 I cannot better compare Vega, one of Trents chiefe Questers, than to a Spaniell..taking his scope in a large field, trauersing vp and downe, in and out to find game.

1662 Marriage-Broaker i. iv. 16 My neece and daughter, I Must provide questers to retrive the stray.

1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. (R.) The quester..to the wood they loose, Who silently the tainted track pursues.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 78 These..are the malt lumber (tap room) questers.

1875 E. Dowden Shakespere: his Mind & Art 10 It is the ascetic quester, Galahad..who beholds the mystical Grail.

1897 Folk-lore 8 52 When the destined hour struck and the slumbering princess of Faery should awake, it was the youngest quester who gave the releasing kiss and won her to be his bride.

1954 G. Greene End of Party in Coll. Stories (1972) 560 He feared to be caught by one of the soft questers through the dark.

1979 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Dec. 152/2 The reason for the failure of the quest lies not in the inadequacy of the sources but in the successive biasses of the questers.

2006 Star News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 6 Apr. 30 Spade's investigation crosses paths with a couple of rival questers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quester
释义	questern. Brit. /ˈkwɛstə/, U.S. /ˈkwɛstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quest v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < quest v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare French quêteur person who searches for a person or thing (first half of the 13th cent. in Old French as questor ; also in Middle French as questeur ), person or hound who searches for game (16th cent.; for other senses see quaestor n.). Compare slightly earlier questrist n. A person or hound who quests (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker seekerc1330 hunterc1374 searchera1382 explorator1583 questa1616 questanta1616 ferret1629 quester1629 perquisitor1656 questor1887 the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking > knightly quest > one who quester1875 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 307 I cannot better compare Vega, one of Trents chiefe Questers, than to a Spaniell..taking his scope in a large field, trauersing vp and downe, in and out to find game. 1662 Marriage-Broaker i. iv. 16 My neece and daughter, I Must provide questers to retrive the stray. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. (R.) The quester..to the wood they loose, Who silently the tainted track pursues. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 78 These..are the malt lumber (tap room) questers. 1875 E. Dowden Shakespere: his Mind & Art 10 It is the ascetic quester, Galahad..who beholds the mystical Grail. 1897 Folk-lore 8 52 When the destined hour struck and the slumbering princess of Faery should awake, it was the youngest quester who gave the releasing kiss and won her to be his bride. 1954 G. Greene End of Party in Coll. Stories (1972) 560 He feared to be caught by one of the soft questers through the dark. 1979 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Dec. 152/2 The reason for the failure of the quest lies not in the inadequacy of the sources but in the successive biasses of the questers. 2006 Star News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 6 Apr. 30 Spade's investigation crosses paths with a couple of rival questers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1629
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