"interrogator" meaning in English

See interrogator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-interrogator.wav Forms: interrogators [plural]
Etymology: From 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, especially one who is adversarial. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: inquisitor, inquirer, questioner 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-EeEqAqDb Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 86 7 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 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
Related terms: interrogable, interrogate, interrogation, interrogative

Inflected forms

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