"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): 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 Occupations: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'interrogator, questioner': 80 20
  2. (historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Catholicism 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 Catholicism: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'official of the Inquisition': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inquisitour [obsolete] Derived forms: Grand Inquisitor

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