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单词 rack-master
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rack-master
rack-master n. now historical a torturer using the rack.
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society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > torturer > one who operates rack
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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.
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