"interrogator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: interrogators [plural]
Etymology: interrogate + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|interrogate|or}} interrogate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} interrogator (plural interrogators)
  1. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions; a questioner. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who interrogates, a questioner): سَائِل (sāʔil) [masculine] (Arabic), سَائِلَة (sāʔila) [feminine] (Arabic), разпитващ (razpitvašt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), interrogateur [masculine] (French), interrogatrice [feminine] (French), დამკითხველი (damḳitxveli) (Georgian), Fragender [masculine] (German), Fragende [feminine] (German), Fragesteller [masculine] (German), Fragestellerin [feminine] (German), Frager [masculine] (German), ανακριτής (anakritís) [masculine] (Greek), प्रश्नक (praśnak) (Hindi), परिप्रश्नक (paripraśnak) (Hindi), प्रश्नकर्ता (praśnakartā) (Hindi), percontātor [masculine] (Latin), interrogator [masculine] (Occitan), questionaire [masculine] (Occitan), interrogador [masculine] (Portuguese), interrogador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-interrogator-en-noun-spY~or3B Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'one who interrogates, a questioner': 98 2
  2. A device that requests data from another device.
    Sense id: en-interrogator-en-noun-4Hd4dfpA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: questioner, inquirer, inquisitor Related terms: interrogable, interrogate, interrogation

Inflected forms

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