FLAGELLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flagellant mean? 

• FLAGELLANT (noun)
  The noun FLAGELLANT has 2 senses:

1. a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification

2. a person who whips himself as a religious penance

  Familiarity information: FLAGELLANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGELLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("flagellant" is a kind of...):

masochist (someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment)

Derivation:

flagellate (whip)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who whips himself as a religious penance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("flagellant" is a kind of...):

penitent ((Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor))

Derivation:

flagellate (whip)