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ανακριτής — meaning in English

anakritis

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English meaning

  • inquisitor noun A person who questions someone harshly or relentlessly.
  • interrogator noun A person who questions someone closely, often in an official or aggressive setting.

Senses

ανακριτής is used for these senses in English:

  • inquisitor (historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
  • interrogator One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

inquisitor — full definition

  1. noun A person who questions someone harshly or relentlessly.
  2. noun A historical official of the Inquisition tasked with investigating heresy.

interrogator — full definition

  1. noun A person who questions someone closely, often in an official or aggressive setting.
  2. noun A device that sends a signal to request data from another device.