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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inquisitor \In*quis"i*tor\, noun [L.: cf. F. inquisiteur. See {Inquire}.]
1. An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions. [R.] ''Inquisitors are tatlers.'' --Feltham.
2. (Law) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc. --Mozley & W.
3. (R.C.Ch.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inquisitor
noun
1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: {interrogator}]
2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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