inquisitor

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  1. noun One who inquires or makes an inquisition, especially a questioner who is excessively rigorous or harsh.

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  • I remember once being asked “How can an intelligent man like you believe in evolution?” My inquisitor, an intelligent and literate person himself, did not consider the existing evidence as solid or logically consistent. —  Analog, July/August 2003
  • Exactly what did happen I explained in detail, but with a growing feeling that my inquisitor was not impressed by the explanation. —  The Luxembourg Run
  • No undue haste was displayed by the Florentine inquisitor, and Ximenes and Attavanti were only heard on 13 and 14 November 1615. —  Galileo in Rome
  • Instead he offered to respond to objections in writing or to appear before the Florentine inquisitor, the archbishop, or anyone they should chose to appoint. —  Galileo in Rome
  • Without abating his good manners, he would return perfunctory agreement to every remark until his inquisitor was stupefied by boredom. —  Going for the Gold - Emma Lathen - Thatcher 18
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English inquisitour, from Latin inquīsītor, from inquīsītus, past participle of inquīrere, to inquire into; see inquire.

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  1. = French inquisiteur = Spanish Portuguese inquisidor = Italian inquisitore, from Latin inquisitor, a seeker, searcher, from inquirere, past participle inquisitus, inquire into: see inquire.
 

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/ɪnˈkwɪzɪtər/
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