cross-questioner


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Noun1.cross-questioner - someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
cross-examiner
asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner - someone who asks a question
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But old Tinker was not to be pumped by this little cross-questioner; and signifying to her that bed was a place for sleeping, not conversation, set up in her corner of the bed such a snore as only the nose of innocence can produce.
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