questman

Etymology

From quest + man.

questman means One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

QUESTMAN — [Noun] A historical officer appointed to investigate specific abuses, such as fraudulent weights and measures, or to serve as a parish official assisting a churchwarden. From Middle English, from quest (an inquest or inquiry) + man, a compound that binds the role to the quiet authority of delegated scrutiny. Unlike a "sidesman," which confines the duty to church aisles, or a generic "inspector," a broad title devoid of parish roots, the questman was a hybrid creature of civic and ecclesiastical duty. He is the shadow measuring a baker's loaf against the iron standard, the patient ear collecting tithes in a cold vestry, the unnamed hand noting a butcher's thumb on the scale—a minor sentinel against the small, persistent entropy of communal life, whose justice began in the particular.

noun

One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.
A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
A collector of parish rents.