Questors

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person engaged in a search for knowledge or truth, often in a philosophical or spiritual context
2. An individual, especially in scholarly circles, who seeks answers to profound questions or mysteries of existence
3. Someone who embarks on a journey or inquiry, particularly in pursuit of understanding or enlightenment

Etymology: "Questors" is the plural of "questor", so its history is that of the singular. "Questor" came into English from Latin "quaestor", a magistrate in ancient Rome who handled public finances and criminal inquiries, and whose title derives from the Latin verb "quaerere", meaning "to seek" or "to ask". The Roman office was a seeking after facts and accounts, and that sense of investigation carried over into English. The English word narrowed to a formal investigator or inquirer and later took on the broader sense of someone who pursues a goal, especially knowledge or truth. The modern philosophical and spiritual meaning comes from that general sense of seeking, rather than from the Roman financial role.

Synonyms: searchers, seekers