Meaning Of The Word Torquemada

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Torquemada in American English
Tomás de (tɔˈmɑs ðɛ ) 1420-98; Sp. Dominican monk: first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition

Torquemada in British English
noun: Tomás de (toˈmas de ). 1420–98, Spanish Dominican monk. As first Inquisitor-General of Spain (1483–98), he was responsible for the burning of some 2000 heretics

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