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Scourger

noun
1.
A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders).  Synonym: flogger.





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... infant hour she took In her hand the pictured book Where Christ beneath the scourger bow'd, Crying 'O poor man!' aloud, And in baby tender pain Kiss'd the page, and kiss'd again, While the happy father smiled On his sweet warm-hearted child; —So now to him, in Carisbrook lone, ...
— The Visions of England - Lyrics on leading men and events in English History • Francis T. Palgrave


Words linked to "Scourger" :   torturer, scourge


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