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
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
Because of Mel Brooks, I can laugh at Hitler and Torquemada; offended by any of the above?
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
The court appointed as chief inquisitor into Luzan's affairs Garcia de Torquemada, who went to Cuba in April, 1583, taking Arana along with him.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
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