Torquemada

American  

[tawr-kuh-mah-duh, tawr-ke-mah-thah] / ˌtɔr kəˈmɑ də, ˌtɔr kɛˈmɑ ðɑ /

noun

1. Tomás de 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.

---

Torquemada British  

/ tɔrkeˈmaða /

noun

1. Tomás de (toˈmas de). 1420–98, Spanish Dominican monk. As first Inquisitor-General of Spain (1483–98), he was responsible for the burning of some 2000 heretics

---

Example Sentences

Edward Mathers worked as a crossword compiler for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Torquemada.

From Scientific American

Torquemada announced a contest to solve the book in the Observer, promising successful entrants a prize of 25 pounds, or roughly $2,500 today.

From Washington Post

In the final film, Brooks takes center stage during this segment, hamming it up as the grand inquisitor Torquemada.

From Salon

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

The other major world leaders depicted here, aside from Louis, are the Roman Emperor Nero and the Spanish Grand Inquisitor Torquemada.

From Salon