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Quester

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quest  (kwst)
n.
1. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
2. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
3. Archaic A jury of inquest.
v. quest·ed, quest·ing, quests
v.intr.
1. To go on a quest.
2. To search for game.
v.tr.
To search for; seek.

[Middle English queste, from Old French, ultimately from Latin quaesta, from feminine of *quaestus, obsolete past participle of quaerere, to seek.]

quester n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Quester - someone making a search or inquiryquester - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
finder - someone who comes upon something after searching
gadabout - a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
hunter - a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"


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Quester provides a scholarly discussion of where weapons were and where they are going.
They like to differentiate themselves from a growing minority or an overwhelming majority, but tend to conform in between," wrote authors Pascale Quester and Alexandre Steyer.
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