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
Example Sentences
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With this method, a device called an interrogator shoots laser pulses down the length of a cable, and some of the light bounces back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
"I made a mistake," he says, his voice trembling as an unseen interrogator presses him about the deaths of members of Iran's security forces.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
The interrogator said Blunt was not "at ease" as he spoke, and every question "was followed by a long pause" while he "seemed to be debating with himself how to answer it".
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
I won’t say more because that might get into FBI interrogator territory.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
Adams moved swiftly to stand in between the interrogator and her patient.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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