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inquisitor

[in-kwiz-i-ter] / ɪnˈkwɪz ɪ tər /
NOUN
questioner
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Why, his inquisitor demanded, had Dillon, Read taken a disproportionate share of the profit from the funds it managed for the public?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

When an administrator would question him, the man would say he was looking for a teacher or student to throw off the inquisitor.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2025

You tell me, her inquisitor throws back at her, and she concludes somewhat hollowly, “I don’t know.”

From Salon Oct. 30, 2024

Justice Committee Chair Sir Bob Neill joins them as a guest inquisitor.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2023

She’d land a few light licks on our legs, though, and since we didn’t want to hurt her feelings we’d scream and holler as if we were receiving the twenty-one lashes from a Spanish inquisitor.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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