Search Result for "inquisitor":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a questioner who is excessively harsh;
[syn: inquisitor, interrogator]
2. an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] 3. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
