whipstressn.
/ˈhwɪpstrɪs/ rare.
A female flogger.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > one who beats > female
whipstress1707
1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. (1715) 366 The Whipstresses [Fr. fouetteuses]..had so tir'd themselves, that they could no longer stir their Arms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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