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tor·men·tor
noun
also tor·ment·er \(ˈ) ̷ ̷|mentə(r)\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tormentor, from Old French tormenteor, from tormenter to torment + -eor -or — more at torment, -or
1. : an officer who inflicts penal or coercive torture
< delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due — Mt 18:34 (Authorized Version) >
2. : one that causes extreme pain, annoyance, or vexation : an agent of harassment : pest, plague, persecutor
3. : a long iron meat fork used by sea cooks
4. : a fixed curtain or flat joined to the forward end of each side scene wall on a theater stage, running offstage parallel to the stage front, and serving to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
5. : a screen covered to prevent echo during the taking of motion picture scenes
6. or tormentor pole : a pole used to raise or brace an aerial fire ladder |