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English
Noun
questant (plural questants)
- (archaic) Somebody who undertakes a quest.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
Not to wooe honour, but to wed it, when
The brauest questant shrinkes: finde what you seeke,
[T]hat fame may cry you loud: I say farewell.
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