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torturer

noun

  1. criminal occupation
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English torture Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English torturer From torture + -er.

  1. Someone who tortures.

    “I play the torturer by ſmall and ſmall / To lengthen out the worſt that muſt be ſpoken: […]”

    “My destruction might indeed arrive a few months sooner; but if my torturer should suspect that I postponed it, influenced by his menaces, he would surely find other, and perhaps more dreadful means of revenge.”