Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who inquires or makes an inquisition, especially a questioner who is excessively rigorous or harsh.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who inquires or investigates; particularly, one whose official duty it is to inquire and examine: as, the inquisitors of the Holy Office or Inquisition.
- n. An inquisitive or curious person.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
- n. An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.
- n. (Law) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.
- n. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
- n. a questioner who is excessively harsh
Etymologies
- Middle English inquisitour, from Latin inquīsītor, from inquīsītus, past participle of inquīrere, to inquire into; see inquire. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But in the light of such deafening coolness, the inner inquisitor is easily drowned out.”
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“if the word inquisitor had been invented he could have worn it like an old coat settling into the dark corners of its meaning with comfort.”
“And then – if, that is, my inquisitor had not gathered up her children and fled my toxic presence – I would provide her with the following list:”
“Maimon explained to the representative he was already a rabbi and then, assuming his inquisitor was a man of enlightenment like Mendelssohn, chattered on about some of his more radical interpretations of the Talmud.”
“And then - if, that is, my inquisitor had not gathered up her children and fled my toxic presence - I would provide her with the following list:”
“My inquisitor was a tall man in an ulster, with a green felt hat on his small head.”
“The inquisitor was my old friend, comrade, and hero Steve Lafreniere, so it was a lot of fun.”
“And her inquisitor was the so-called 'Birther Bishop', Anabaptist minister Ron McCrae, who is deeply opposed to Obama, and - say critics - cynically set out to trap her.”
“The inquisitor was a rewarding class to play, and we almost felt like an all-powerful puppet master when wielding our dark powers from afar.”
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“Ask him to tell you the "inquisitor" story sometime.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘inquisitor’.
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set 13
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