inquisitressn.
/ɪnˈkwɪzᵻtrᵻs/, /ɪŋˈkwɪzᵻtrᵻs/, /ɪnˌkwɪzᵻˈtrɛs/, /ɪŋˌkwɪzᵻˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkwɪzətrəs/, /ᵻŋˈkwɪzətrəs/ A female inquisitor.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > intensive questioning > person conducting > female
enquerouressec1430
inquisitress1727
inquisitrix1879
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 141 This did not a little exasperate the already sufficiently provok'd Inquisitress.
1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxvii. 264 Little Jesuit inquisitress, as she was, she could see things in a true light.
1897 Strand Mag. Christm. No. 634/1 This preliminary settled..my fair inquisitress asks me how to begin.
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