Questuran.

Brit.

/kwɛsˈt(j)ʊərə/,

/kwɛsˈtʃʊərə/, U.S.

/kwɛsˈtʊrə/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian questura.

Etymology: < Italian questura (although this is apparently attested later in this sense (1871: see quaesture n.)).

In Italy: a police station or headquarters; the police.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station > foreign

thana1803

Questura1852

kotwalee1854

station house1870

precinct1894

precinct station1902

gendarmerie1945

kotwali1964

precinct house1968

precinct station house1979

1852 Times 5 Aug. 6/2 M. Golovine..sent it back to the Questura, saying that it was no doubt by mistake it had been sent to him.

1907 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 4/4 He had been kicked out of the Central Questura, whither he had gone to give information, because the Neapolitan city police were in the pay of Camorrist assassins.

1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees viii. 65 I fill out a slip there for the Questura.

2002 D. Leon Wilful Behaviour (2003) xxii. 270 Her absence added to the general spirit of lethargy that had fallen upon the Questura.

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

单词	questura
释义	Questuran. Brit. /kwɛsˈt(j)ʊərə/, /kwɛsˈtʃʊərə/, U.S. /kwɛsˈtʊrə/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian questura. Etymology: < Italian questura (although this is apparently attested later in this sense (1871: see quaesture n.)). In Italy: a police station or headquarters; the police. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station > foreign thana1803 Questura1852 kotwalee1854 station house1870 precinct1894 precinct station1902 gendarmerie1945 kotwali1964 precinct house1968 precinct station house1979 1852 Times 5 Aug. 6/2 M. Golovine..sent it back to the Questura, saying that it was no doubt by mistake it had been sent to him. 1907 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 4/4 He had been kicked out of the Central Questura, whither he had gone to give information, because the Neapolitan city police were in the pay of Camorrist assassins. 1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees viii. 65 I fill out a slip there for the Questura. 2002 D. Leon Wilful Behaviour (2003) xxii. 270 Her absence added to the general spirit of lethargy that had fallen upon the Questura. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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