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scourger

noun
/ˈskɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From scourge + -er.

  1. derived from scourgen
  2. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “to righten; to straighten”
  3. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”
  4. derived from ex-
  5. derived from excoriāre
  6. derived from *excoriāta✻ — “strip of hide; a scourge”
  7. derived from scurge
  8. derived from scorge
  9. inherited from scourge — “a lash, whip, scourge; affliction, calamity; person who causes affliction or calamity; shoot of a vine”
  10. suffixed as scourger — “scourge + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, scourges.

    • the unravellers of cunning, the investigators of artifice, the humblers of pride, and the scourgers of oppression

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA