inquisitor
pronunciation
How to pronounce inquisitor in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkwɪzɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce inquisitor in American English:
US [ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɚ]
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- Noun:
- a questioner who is excessively harsh
Word Origin
- inquisitor (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French inquisiteur (c. 1400) or directly from Latin inquisitor "searcher, examiner," in law, "an investigator, collector of evidence," agent noun from Latin inquirere (see inquire). As the title of an officer of the Inquisition, from 1540s. Related: Inquisitorial.
Example
- 1. Conspired together with the inquisitor .
- 2. The other new feature of note is the toolbar 's inquisitor integration .
- 3. You can customize inquisitor , too , by adding other search engines to its list .
- 4. High inquisitor yells : the crusade will purge your kind from this world !
- 5. Are you confessor , father , or inquisitor ?