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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkwɪzətəɹ/ [US] Forms: inquisitors [plural]
Etymology: From Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquīsītor. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|inquisiteur}} Old French inquisiteur, {{der|en|la|inquīsītor}} Latin inquīsītor Head templates: {{en-noun}} inquisitor (plural inquisitors)
  1. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly. Categories (topical): Catholicism, Occupations Translations (interrogator, questioner): inquiridor [masculine] (Catalan), inquisidor [masculine] (Catalan), inkvizitor [masculine] (Czech), inquisiteur [masculine] (French), Inquisitor [masculine] (German), Befrager [masculine] (German), Vernehmer [masculine] (German), ανακριτής (anakritís) [masculine] (Greek), inquisidor [masculine] (Portuguese), inquiridor [masculine] (Portuguese), inquisidor [masculine] (Spanish), chwilyswr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inquisitor-en-noun-FMwmD-np Disambiguation of Catholicism: 56 44 Disambiguation of Occupations: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 73 15 5 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 11 4 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'interrogator, questioner': 95 5
  2. (historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition. Tags: historical Translations (official of the Inquisition): инквизитор (inkvizitor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), inquisidor [masculine] (Catalan), Inquisitor [masculine] (German), Ketzerrichter [masculine] (German), Untersuchungsrichter [masculine] (German), inkwizytor [masculine] (Polish), inquisidor [masculine] (Portuguese), inquisidor [masculine] (Spanish), chwilyswr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inquisitor-en-noun-t-KoLCcc Disambiguation of 'official of the Inquisition': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inquisitour [obsolete] Derived forms: Grand Inquisitor

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /in.kʷiːˈsiː.tor/ [Classical-Latin], [ɪŋkʷiːˈs̠iːt̪ɔr] [Classical-Latin], /in.kwiˈsi.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [iŋkwiˈs̬iːt̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Agent noun of inquīrō (“inquire, investigate”) (past participle inquīsītus) + + -tor. Etymology templates: {{suf|la||tor}} + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|inquīsītor<3>|f=inquīsītrix}} inquīsītor m (genitive inquīsītōris, feminine inquīsītrix); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|inquīsītor<3>}} Forms: inquīsītor [canonical, masculine], inquīsītōris [genitive], inquīsītrix [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], inquīsītor [nominative, singular], inquīsītōrēs [nominative, plural], inquīsītōris [genitive, singular], inquīsītōrum [genitive, plural], inquīsītōrī [dative, singular], inquīsītōribus [dative, plural], inquīsītōrem [accusative, singular], inquīsītōrēs [accusative, plural], inquīsītōre [ablative, singular], inquīsītōribus [ablative, plural], inquīsītor [singular, vocative], inquīsītōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. searcher Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-inquisitor-la-noun-wGf5i44h
  2. inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-inquisitor-la-noun-Bp-NLEFf Disambiguation of Occupations: 6 43 51 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 23 63 14 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 30 39 31 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 19 67 14
  3. examiner, investigator Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-inquisitor-la-noun--T2WHy3m Disambiguation of Occupations: 6 43 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisiteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Inquisitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Befrager"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vernehmer"
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      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανακριτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquiridor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interrogator, questioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chwilyswr"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inkvizitor",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инквизитор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Inquisitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ketzerrichter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Untersuchungsrichter"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inkwizytor"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisidor"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisidor"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "official of the Inquisition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chwilyswr"
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}

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    "Latin lemmas",
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    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
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    "Latin third declension nouns",
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      ],
      "text": "Catalan: inquisidor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "inquisidor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: inquisidor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: inquisidor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: inquisitore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: inquisitore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: inquisidor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "inquisiteur"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: inquisitor"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "inquisidor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: inquisidor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: inquisidor"
    },
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        {
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            "2": "инквизи́тор"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: инквизи́тор (inkvizítor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: инквизи́тор (inkvizítor)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "inquisidor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: inquisidor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: inquisidor"
    }
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      "form": "inquīsītor",
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      "form": "inquīsītōris",
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    {
      "form": "inquīsītrix",
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        "feminine"
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      "form": "inquīsītor",
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        "nominative",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "inquīsītōre",
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      "form": "inquīsītor",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "inquīsītōrēs",
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      ],
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          "searcher"
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          "tracker"
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          "spy"
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ɪŋkʷiːˈs̠iːt̪ɔr]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/in.kwiˈsi.tor/",
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      "ipa": "[iŋkwiˈs̬iːt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inquisitor"
}

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