interrogator

One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

Noun

  1. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

    Synonyms: inquisitor inquirer questioner

    Antonyms: interrogatee questionee

  2. A device that requests data from another device.
    • Any RFID interrogator within 30 meters can read an RFID tag in active mode. - 2002, Mark Beaulieu, Wireless Internet applications and architecture, page 126:

Origin

From Latin interrogātor. By surface analysis, interrogate + -or.

Forms

interrogators

Related

interrogable interrogate interrogation interrogative

Derived

interrogatress interrogatrix