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Questman Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures.
One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures.
(n.)
A collector of parish rents.
A collector of parish rents.
(n.)
A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
questman
\quest"man\ (?), n.; pl. questmen (&?;). one legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. specifically: (a) a churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman. [obs.] (b) a collector of parish rents. [obs.]
