Punisher

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who punishes.

    "He grimaced after another lash across his back and settled deeper into the post. The punisher stood nearly ten feet away, dragged the end of his whip through the dirt back toward him."

Example

More examples

"He grimaced after another lash across his back and settled deeper into the post. The punisher stood nearly ten feet away, dragged the end of his whip through the dirt back toward him."

Etymology

From punish + -er.

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