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questant

questant noun: somebody who undertakes a quest.

Noun

questant (plural questants)

  1. (archaic) Somebody who undertakes a quest.
    • Not to wooe honour, but to wed it, when
      The brauest questant shrinkes: finde what you seeke,
      [T]hat fame may cry you loud: I say farewell.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of questant

pluralquestants

Questions about questant

What does questant mean?
Questant means somebody who undertakes a quest.
What part of speech is questant?
Questant is a noun.
What is the plural of questant?
The plural of questant is questants.

Words near questant in the dictionary

  1. quesos
  2. quesos frescos
  3. quest
  4. quest.
  5. Questa
  6. questant
  7. questants
  8. quested
  9. quester
  10. questers
  11. questful

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