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A questioner who is excessively harsh
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interrogator
Word definitions for interrogator in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who interrogates; a person who asks questions; a questioner. 2 A device that requests data from another device.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1751, from Late Latin interrogator , agent noun from interrogare "to ask, question" (see interrogation ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interrogator \In*ter"ro*ga`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. interrogateur.] One who asks questions; a questioner.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor ]
Usage examples of interrogator.
Called the Grand Interrogator by a war-conscious public, he specializes in applying Braxin psychology to Braxin prisoners in order to drag forth information from a people stubborn enough to resist physical torture.
Considering his experiences with Major Han at Long Moc, he decided that he could expect many more sessions with the interrogators of Hoa Lo Prison.
The Trainmaster had arranged for caffe to be served early in the rear of the dining car, and Lord Darcy had prepared the three interrogators a pot from behind the bar.
While not enjoying what was happening, Sloane acknowledged mentally that at plenty of press conferences in the past he had played hardball as an interrogator himself.
But somehow that seemed a little too subtle for people who owned interrogator droids and normally had no compunction about using them.
I mean one of your - most skilled Interrogators for the past four years?
All the Oracles, given the opportunity, seemed bent on interrogating the interrogator.
They told the interrogator a fascinating yarn about a mountain of sunstones on North Beta.
Cut Paper Wrap Stone introduces us to Ethan Ring, a character somewhat like other cyberpunk heroes in his anomie, but less hard- edged and nihilistic -- rather than burnt out and affectless, Ring is plagued by guilt and self-recrimination over his deeds as an interrogator and assassin for the security arm of the pan-European government.
The interrogator was a narrow-skulled man in a military blouse and a headcloth bound into place by an agal made of twisted silver cord.
But the moment passed, and the interrogator strode in, smiling avuncularly at his prospective victim.
As we discovered from our interrogators, the infil Chinook had been compromised when it landed, so it was just as well another wasnt sent for the RV.
Testimony concerning Satan only shows up when the interrogator arrives, and then comes into court in only two ways: through the interrogator’s own testimony contradicting a witness or defendant who denies that Satan was involved, or through testimony from witnesses who confess to Satanic involvement as part of a confession that is taken as repentance, following which charges are dismissed.
His old adversaries in the templarate could have a man's eyes gouged out if he looked at them wrong, but, except for the deadheart interrogators, they left his memories alone.
Perhaps his fabrications wouldn't completely convince the interrogators, the D-G or the Appeals Board that I was a traitor, but the result might give them an excuse to discharge me as unreliable without feeling guilty about it.