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inquisitour

inquisitour is the obsolete form of inquisitor.

Meaning of inquisitor

Noun

inquisitor (plural inquisitors)

  1. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
    • During the meeting, Jake turned into an inquisitor, firing questions at the presenter non-stop.
  2. (historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

Forms of inquisitour

pluralinquisitours

Questions about inquisitour

What is inquisitour the obsolete form of?
Inquisitour is the obsolete form of inquisitor.

Words near inquisitour in the dictionary

  1. inquisitorious
  2. inquisitors
  3. inquisitorship
  4. inquisitorships
  5. inquisitory
  6. inquisitour
  7. inquisitours
  8. inquisitous
  9. inquisitress
  10. inquisitresses
  11. inquisitrix

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inquisitour (page history and authors); inquisitor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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