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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

inquisitor

Native Script:尋問者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inzukijitoru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inquisitors/ɪnˈkwɪz.ɪ.tərz/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"厳格な尋問者たちが事実を追求した。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Persons appointed to conduct an inquiry or investigation, historically associated with officials of the Inquisition.

    "The historical archives shed light on the harsh methods employed by the medieval inquisitors."
  2. 2

    People who make persistent, harsh, or searching questioning.

    "She felt as though she were standing before a panel of relentless inquisitors during the intense audit."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'inquirere', meaning 'to seek out' or 'to inquire', passing through Old French into Middle English in the 14th century. Historically associated with officials appointed to examine and investigate matters, most notoriously connected with the ecclesiastical tribunals of the Inquisition.

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