questrist

English

Etymology

Related to quest.

Noun

questrist (plural questrists)

1. (obsolete) A seeker or pursuer.
   • 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:

     Some five or six and thirty of his knights,
     Hot questrists after him, met him at gate;

Anagrams

• squitters