Knouter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who wields a knout, especially a Russian official who uses it to administer punishment.

    "Czar — "Have you fastened the alarm telling of the approach of strangers thirty miles away on each door?" Attendant — " Yes, blessed knouter."

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"Czar — "Have you fastened the alarm telling of the approach of strangers thirty miles away on each door?" Attendant — " Yes, blessed knouter."

Etymology

From knout + -er.

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