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inquisitor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | interrogator |
| Type of | querier, asker, questioner, enquirer, inquirer |
| Derivation | inquisitorial |
inquisitor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | official, functionary |
| Has types | grand inquisitor |
| Derivation | inquisitorial |
Examples of inquisitor
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Daniel Langhoff channels his inner Will Forte as the bee's official inquisitor.
From the denverpost.com
In what may be a first in Chicago politics, the incumbent will be the inquisitor.
From the suntimes.com
Tom Watson, the inquisitor-in-chief, insisted on hearing from Mr Murdoch himself.
From the menmedia.co.uk
So simple, yet to TV's grand inquisitor the filleting seemed to be a surprise.
From the guardian.co.uk
How, his television inquisitor wanted to know, would he prepare for Kukushkin.
From the guardian.co.uk
In 1592 an inquisitor admitted that most of the fifty women he arrested were rich.
From the en.wikipedia.org
When confronted, she becomes aggressive and bullies the inquisitor into submission.
From the dailyherald.com
The local inquisitor had learned that the boy was secretly baptised by his nursemaid.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A questioner who is excessively harsh
- An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
- (inquisition) a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
- (inquisition) a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
- An inquisitor was an official in an Inquisition, an organisation or program intended to eliminate heresy and other things frowned on by the Roman Catholic Church. Literally, an inquisitor is one who "searches out" or "inquires" (Latin inquirere < quaerere, "to seek").
- The Inquisitor is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. She played a central role in The Trial of a Time Lord, the story which spanned the whole fourteen episodes comprising Season 23 of the series. Lynda Bellingham portrayed the Inquisitor.
- Inquisitor is a tabletop miniatures game based in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 Universe. Whereas Warhammer 40,000 is based on squad based tactical warfare, Inquisitor focuses on a small group of adventurers and plays a bit like a Role-playing game. ...
- Inquisitor is a sea snail genus, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
- Inquisitor is a software suite used for hardware diagnostics, stress testing, certification and benchmarking platform. It is available in three formats:
