Torquemada
[tawr-k
uh
-
mah
-d
uh
;
Spanish
taw
r
-ke-
mah
-
th
ah]
/ˌtɔr kəˈmɑ də;
Spanish
ˌtɔr kɛˈmɑ ðɑ/
noun
1.
Tomás de
[taw-
mahs
th
e]
/tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/
(
Show IPA
),
1420–98,
Spanish inquisitor general.
British Dictionary definitions for
Torquemada
Torquemada
/
Spanish
tɔrkeˈmaða
/
noun
1.
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