Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tomas_de_torquemada

1 sense of tomas de torquemada

Sense 1
Torquemada, Tomas de Torquemada -- (the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498))
       INSTANCE OF=> Grand Inquisitor -- (director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal))