SCOURGER

flogger, scourger

(noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

scourger (plural scourgers)

One who, or that which, scourges.

Anagrams

• scrouger

Source: Wiktionary


Scour"ger, n.

Definition: One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely. The West must own the scourger of the world. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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