单词 | rack-master |
释义 | > as lemmasrack-master rack-master n. now historical a torturer using the rack. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > torturer > one who operates rack racker1558 rack-master1582 1582 in J. H. Pollen Acts Eng. Mart. (1891) 223 The old rackmaster, Mr. Topcliffe. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 4 The crvelty of the Rackmaisters in England. 1886 J. Gillow Literary & Biogr. Hist. Eng. Catholics II. 397 The rack-master of the Tower, a most cruel torturer of priests. 1928 PMLA 43 685 He hated Topcliffe, the notorious rack-master and torturer of Catholic priests. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 6 May (Review section) 8 The rack was the favoured implement, and Walsingham's rack-masters were the stuff of nightmares. < as lemmas |
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