Noun
An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.
One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.
A member of the Court of Inquisition.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand Inquisitor. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation. Cormac McCarthy
In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. Alfred Whitney Griswold
We allow American journalists in Singapore in order to report Singapore to their fellow countrymen...But we cannot allow them to assume a role in Singapore that the American media play in America, that is, that of invigilator, adversary and inquisitor of the administration. Lee Kuan Yew
There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor. Frank Howard Clark
Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer in Spinal Tap. Cassandra Clare