Inquisitor \In*quis"i*tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. inquisiteur. See
Inquire.]
1. An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [R.]
"Inquisitors are tatlers." --Feltham.
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2. (Law) One whose official duty it is to examine and
inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc. --Mozley & W.
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3. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inquisitor
n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: interrogator]
2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "inquisitor":
Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, asker, busybody, catechist,
cross-interrogator, cross-questioner, detective, eavesdropper,
examiner, gossip, inquirer, inquisitionist, inquisitive,
interlocutor, interpellator, interrogator, interrogatrix,
interviewer, nosy Parker, opinion-sampler, poller, pollster,
prober, pry, querier, querist, questioner, questionist, quidnunc,
quizzer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sampler, scopophiliac,
secret agent, sightseer, snoop, snooper, voyeur, yenta
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
INQUISITOR. A designation of sheriffs, coroners, super visum corporis, and
the like, who have power to inquire into certain matters.
2. The name, of an officer, among ecclesiastics, who is authorized to
inquire into heresies, and the like, and to punish them. An ecclesiastical
judge.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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