单词 | whipmaster |
释义 | whipmastern. A master who uses the whip; a flogger. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > official who administers > schoolmaster Whipping Tom1681 tickle-tail1785 whipmaster1878 1878 tr. Erasmus Colloq. I. 103 Wo to our Back-Sides, he's a greater Whip-Master [L. flagellator] than Busby himself. 1893 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 96 These whipmasters of ours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1878 |
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