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questrist

questrist noun: a seeker or pursuer.

Noun

questrist (plural questrists)

  1. (obsolete) A seeker or pursuer.
    • Some five or six and thirty of his knights,
      Hot questrists after him, met him at gate;c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of questrist

pluralquestrists

Origin of questrist

Related to quest.

Questions about questrist

What does questrist mean?
Questrist means a seeker or pursuer.
What part of speech is questrist?
Questrist is a noun.
What is the plural of questrist?
The plural of questrist is questrists.

Words near questrist in the dictionary

  1. questor
  2. questorial
  3. questors
  4. questorship
  5. questorships
  6. questrist
  7. questrists
  8. quests
  9. questuaries
  10. questuary
  11. questward

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