interrogator

[in-ter-uh-gey-ter]

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noun

a person who interrogates.
Also called challenger. Radio. a transmitter that emits a signal to trigger a transponder.

Origin of interrogator

1745–55; < Late Latin interrogātor; see interrogate, -tor

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Related Words for interrogator

questioner, researcher, investigator, asker, prober

Examples from the Web for interrogator

Contemporary Examples of interrogator

He was formally certified as a CIA interrogator only in April 2003.
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me
Kimberly Dozier
December 11, 2014
Maziar was thrown in jail and brutalized for months by an interrogator who reeked of rosewater cologne.
How Jon Stewart Discovered Naked Iran
Christopher Dickey
September 7, 2014
Interrogator: Would you say Mr. Pickwick reminded you of Christmas?
The AI That Wasn’t: Why ‘Eugene Goostman’ Didn’t Pass the Turing Test
Elizabeth Lopatto
June 10, 2014
The interrogator was a heavyset man in a civilian suit, green jacket and pants.
A Syrian Soldier on Being Arrested for Refusing to Shoot Civilians
Andrew Slater
September 5, 2013
Wardens and guards with names like Interrogator Wu and Officer Gong deprived the prisoners they hated of meat.
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Nicholas Mancusi, Jimmy So
June 3, 2013

Historical Examples of interrogator

"I think you are wrong to be so impatient, Louis," the one who had acted as interrogator said.
Saint Bartholomew's Eve
G. A. Henty
"Oh, all right, if you don't feel like discussing that," his interrogator said smoothly.
The Winning Clue
James Hay, Jr.
"That is precisely what I have been sent down to investigate," said his interrogator.
With Haig on the Somme
D. H. Parry
Aileen put down her work and looked across to her interrogator.
Flamsted quarries
Mary E. Waller
“It is,” replied the old man, eyeing his interrogator suspiciously.
Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for interrogator

interrogator

noun

a person who interrogates
a radio or radar transmitter used to send interrogating signals

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Word Origin and History for interrogator

1751, from Late Latin interrogator, agent noun from interrogare (see interrogation).