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INQUISITOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A questioner who is excessively harsh
Synonyms:
inquisitor; interrogator
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inquisitor" is a kind of...):
asker; enquirer; inquirer; querier; questioner (someone who asks a question)
Derivation:
inquisitorial (especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Inquisitor" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Inquisitor"):
Grand Inquisitor (director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal))
Derivation:
inquisitorial (marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor)
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