interrogator

[ in-ter-uh-gey-ter ]

/ ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪ tər /

a person who interrogates.

Also called challenger. Radio. a transmitter that emits a signal to trigger a transponder.

Origin of interrogator

1745–55; < Late Latin interrogātor; see interrogate, -tor

He was formally certified as a CIA interrogator only in April 2003.

CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me |Kimberly Dozier |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Maziar was thrown in jail and brutalized for months by an interrogator who reeked of rosewater cologne.

How Jon Stewart Discovered Naked Iran |Christopher Dickey |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Interrogator: Would you say Mr. Pickwick reminded you of Christmas?

The AI That Wasn’t: Why ‘Eugene Goostman’ Didn’t Pass the Turing Test |Elizabeth Lopatto |June 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The interrogator was a heavyset man in a civilian suit, green jacket and pants.

A Syrian Soldier on Being Arrested for Refusing to Shoot Civilians |Andrew Slater |September 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Wardens and guards with names like Interrogator Wu and Officer Gong deprived the prisoners they hated of meat.

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“No, not any,” replied the young man, checking his inclination to retaliate the impertinent style of his interrogator.

The Maroon |Mayne Reid
Most of the replies came from Ethel, and her timid, retiring, yet ladylike manner found favor with her interrogator.

Mildred's New Daughter |Martha Finley
The interrogator asked her: "When the Voice revealed your King to you, was there any light?"

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) |Anatole France
So completely overcome was he—not knowing at first his interrogator—that he confessed his identity and engaged in conversation.

Hands Up; or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains |D. J. Cook
Theron looked at his interrogator with a frown of disdain for his foppery.

The Proud Prince |Justin Huntly McCarthy

interrogator

/ (ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪtə) /

a person who interrogates

a radio or radar transmitter used to send interrogating signals