inquisitor

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.]

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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a questioner who is excessively harsh
  Synonym: interrogator

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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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