interrogator
Americannoun
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a person who interrogates.
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Also called challenger. Radio. a transmitter that emits a signal to trigger a transponder.
noun
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a person who interrogates
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a radio or radar transmitter used to send interrogating signals
Etymology
Origin of interrogator
1745–55; < Late Latin interrogātor; see interrogate, -tor
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At last week's hearings A. G. & E.'s Burroughs told Interrogator Dabney that among the men on whom Ben Grey reported was Lewis Dabney himself.
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Yes, but first he must answer questions: Interrogator: Who do you work for?
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Al-Qahtani: I wasn't told the mission Interrogator: Who was with you on the plane?
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Interrogator Wallace asked San Francisco Poet Lamantia to explain two of his lines: Come Holy Ghost, for we can rise/ Out of this Jazz .
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The Recorder will be occupied in setting down in writing all questions asked by the Interrogator and the exact answers made by the seer.
From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial
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