interrogator

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English

Etymology

From interrogate + -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

interrogator (plural interrogators)

  1. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.
    Synonyms: inquisitor, inquirer, questioner
    Antonyms: interrogatee, questionee; see also Thesaurus:askee
  2. A device that requests data from another device.
    • 2002, Mark Beaulieu, Wireless Internet applications and architecture, page 126:
      Any RFID interrogator within 30 meters can read an RFID tag in active mode.

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Latin

Etymology

From interrogō (inquire, interrogate; argue) + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

interrogātor m (genitive interrogātōris); third declension

  1. An interrogator.
  2. A wizard.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: interrogateur
  • Italian: interrogatore

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Occitan

Noun

interrogator m (plural interrogators, feminine interrogatritz, feminine plural interrogatrises) (Languedoc)

  1. interrogator

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