"inquisitor" meaning in English

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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