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inquisitor

 
(ĭn-kwĭz'ĭ-tər) pronunciation
n.
One who inquires or makes an inquisition, especially a questioner who is excessively rigorous or harsh.

[Middle English inquisitour, from Latin inquīsītor, from inquīsītus, past participle of inquīrere, to inquire into. See inquire.]


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noun

  1. One who inquires: inquirer, investigator, prober, querier, quester, questioner, researcher. See ask/answer, investigate.
  2. One who conducts an official inquiry, usually with no regard for human rights: interrogator, questioner. See ask/answer, investigate.

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An inquisitor was an official in an Inquisition, an organisation or program intended to eliminate heresy and other things frowned on by the Roman Catholic Church. Literally, an inquisitor is one who "searches out" or "inquires" (Latin inquirere < quaerere, "to seek").

The chief inquisitor of an Inquisition was often called the Grand Inquisitor.

Prominent inquisitors

Torquemada

Some of the more well-known inquisitors throughout history include:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - undersøgelsesdommer

Nederlands (Dutch)
inquisiteur, ondervrager

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) enquêteur, (Relig, Hist, fig) inquisiteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Inquisitor, offizieller Ermittler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιστ.) ιεροεξεταστής

Italiano (Italian)
inquisitore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inquisidor (m)

Русский (Russian)
исследователь, судебный следователь, инквизитор

Español (Spanish)
n. - inquisidor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ledare för undersökning, inkvisitor

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
询问者, 检察官, 审问者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 詢問者, 檢察官, 審問者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 심문자, 검찰관, 종교 재판관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 調査者, 尋問者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المحقق, الباحث, الفضولي, قاضي التحقيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוקר רשמי, אינקוויזיטור‬


 
 
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