tormentor · noun — one who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
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tormentor is pronounced /tɔːˈmɛn.tə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman tourmentour, from Old French tormenteor.
noun
- One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
- One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.; A person delegated to torture prisoners.e.g.“And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.” — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 18:34:
- Something abstract that causes suffering.e.g.“These words hereafter thy tormentors be!” — 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to th
- One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.
- An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
- A long meat-fork.
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