SCOURGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scourger mean? 

• SCOURGER (noun)
  The noun SCOURGER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SCOURGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOURGER (noun)

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 ("scourger" is a kind of...):

torturer (someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion))

Derivation:

scourge (whip)

scourge (punish severely; excoriate)