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单词 questry
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questryn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quest n.2, -ry suffix.
Etymology: < quest n.2 + -ry suffix, probably after jury n., vestry n.1, etc.
Obsolete. rare.
A jury, an inquest. Only in questryman n. a member of a jury.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > member(s) of jury
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c1690 Sir Hugh of the Græme in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 596 The Quest of Jury-men was call'd..Then other Questrymen was call'd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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