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tormenter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tormenter has 2 senses
- tormenter(n = noun.person) persecutor, tormentor - someone who torments; Array has particulars: harasser, blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer, tantaliser, tantalizer, witch-hunter
- tormenter(n = noun.artifact) teaser, tormentor - a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings; Array is a kind of flat
is a kind of oppressor
Derived forms verb torment3, verb torment1, verb torment2
Derived forms verb torment3, verb torment1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tormenter, n.
- One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor. [1913 Webster]
- An executioner. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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