interrogator

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US /ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪtər/ UK /ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪtə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who questions someone closely, often in an official inquiry

    The interrogator pressed the suspect for hours.

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1 noun · a person who questions... questionerexaminerinquisitorinterviewercross-examiner
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Etymology

From Latin interrogator ('questioner'), from interrogare ('to ask, question'), from inter- ('between') + rogare ('to ask').

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