inquisitor
English Thesaurus
1. a questioner who is excessively harsh (noun.person)
2. an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition (noun.person)
hypernym | : | functionary, official, |
definition | : | a worker who holds or is invested with an office (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | grand inquisitor, |
definition | : | director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal) (noun.person) |
3. a questioner who is excessively harsh (noun.person)
derivation | : | interrogate, question, |
definition | : | pose a series of questions to (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | inquisitorial, |
definition | : | especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge (adj.pert) |
4. an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition (noun.person)
derivation | : | inquisitorial, |
definition | : | marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor (adj.all) |
5. a questioner who is excessively harsh (noun.person)
derivation | : | interrogate, question, |
definition | : | pose a series of questions to (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | inquisitorial, |
definition | : | especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge (adj.pert) |
6. an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition (noun.person)
derivation | : | inquisitorial, |
definition | : | marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor (adj.all) |
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