ə̇nˈkwizəd.ə(r), -ətə- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French inquisiteur, from Latin inquisitor, from inquisitus + -or
1.
a. : inquirer , investigator , questioner
I am come as an inquisitor … to ask you certain questions — Max Peacock
b. : a person (as a coroner or sheriff) whose official duty it is to examine and inquire
2.
[Medieval Latin, from Latin]
a. : a member or officer of an Inquisition
b. : a person who conducts an official inquiry or investigation with little or no regard for individual rights or with undue harshness, bias, or severity
bare his entire life and personality to official inquisitors under pain of dismissal — E.A.Mowrer