Torquemada
Americannoun
noun
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Edward Mathers worked as a crossword compiler for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Torquemada.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
It’s Torquemada, he’s been told, Who’s here to damn him to perdition.
From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022
In the final film, Brooks takes center stage during this segment, hamming it up as the grand inquisitor Torquemada.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
Torquemada may have been the driving force behind the Spanish Inquisition, but Ruy Lopez is the far more famous Spanish prelate of the time, to go by Google hits.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2021
Thousands of men reverence John Calvin, Torquemada, and the Puritan fathers; and some have greater respect for Jonathan Edwards than for Captain Kidd.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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