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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An examiner; one whose duty it is to put questions; specifically, in England, a former officer of the Court of Exchequer who examined the sheriff's accounts. The office was abolished in 1833.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.
  • noun historical In the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

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