The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scourger
Scourger \Scour"ger\, n. One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
The West must own the scourger of the world.
--Byron.
Wiktionary
scourger
n. One who, or that which, scourges.
WordNet
scourger
n. a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) [syn: flogger]
Usage examples of "scourger".
You see, the first maxim of the Captain was the reformation of the criminal, while almost every other person connected with the System, from Lord John Russell to the meanest scourger on the Island or at Port Arthur, thought the criminal was a mere thing to be locked up, and fettered, and flogged into purity of life and integrity of conduct.
Some began to cry for scourgers, whose office it was to lash combatants unwilling to fight.