English Explanatory Dictionary

flagellist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who administers punishment by whipping.
  2. One who whips him or herself as an act of religious penitence; flagellant.
  3. One who whips others or is whipped by others as a sexual fetish.
  4. One who is abusive or punishing.

Word forms

flagellist flagellists

Etymology

From Latin flagellum (“whip”) + -ist.

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