scourger
- a word derived from scourge.
Example Sentences
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And it may be to the ian, constitutes himself the scourger of Vulgarity.
From Time Magazine Archive
After any and every attack he would be swiftly on his feet, hurling forth fresh accusatory words and ignoring the punishment he had just received—would be himself the scourger of sin.
From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank
There shall be given for a remedy the city of Claudius, which shall interpose the nurse of the scourger.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
He was a political pamphleteer, a scourger of public scamps, and a pictorial muck-raker of genius.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
"To Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin; to the Judgment Hall of Pilate; to the scourger and the cross if they have power."
From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie
