Torquemada

noun

1. To·más de [taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/, 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.

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