Meaning

4 senses

  1. One who flogs.

    a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)

  2. A whip.

  3. A whip.

    A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.

  4. A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”).

From flog + -er. Compare Low German flogger (“a flail”).

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Forms

plural: floggers
Singularflogger
Pluralfloggers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders):scourger

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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