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Etymology

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From interrogate +‎ -or.

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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

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Etymology

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

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interrogātor m (genitive interrogātōris); third declension

  1. An interrogator.
  2. A wizard.

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative interrogātor interrogātōrēs
genitive interrogātōris interrogātōrum
dative interrogātōrī interrogātōribus
accusative interrogātōrem interrogātōrēs
ablative interrogātōre interrogātōribus
vocative interrogātor interrogātōrēs

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  • French: interrogateur
  • Italian: interrogatore

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Occitan

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Noun

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

  1. interrogator
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