TORMENTER

tormenter, tormentor, teaser

(noun) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings

tormentor, tormenter, persecutor

(noun) someone who torments

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

tormenter (plural tormenters)

Alternative spelling of tormentor

Source: Wiktionary


Tor*ment"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.

2. An executioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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