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FLOGGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flogger mean?
• FLOGGER (noun)
The noun FLOGGER has 1 sense:
1. a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
Familiarity information: FLOGGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
flogger; scourger
Hypernyms ("flogger" is a kind of...):
torturer (someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion))
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