One who or that which troubles (in any sense); a disturber; an oppressor.

A person who oppresses another person or group; esp. one who persecutes or harasses with unjust or cruel treatment. Frequently with of.

an oppressor.

A person who or thing which oversets.

figurative. Someone or something regarded as an implacable foe or scourge. Cf. hammer, n.1 1b. Obsolete.

A thing which overlays or overlies something. Formerly also: a person who overlays something; spec. †an oppressor (obsolete). Also figurative. Cf. ov…

Said of a person: A ‘scourge’. Obsolete.

Used allusively for a person like Timur, a conqueror, a scourge, a despot. Also attributive and in other combinations, as Tamerlane-like adj. or adv.

A ‘flay-villein’; an oppressive lord.

An oppressor.

a person who overcharges; †an oppressor (obsolete).

One who deports or transports.

A person who mauls someone or something (in various senses).

Someone who is vehemently critical of or hostile towards a person, idea, institution, etc.

One who tramples, in various senses.

= oppressor, n.

A person who oppresses another person or group; an oppressor. Cf. downpress, v.