Chastiser

[f. CHASTISE + -ER¹.] One who chastises.

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c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 70. Chastysowre, castigator. Ibid. Chastysowre þat beryth an instrument of chastysynge, to make pees, castifer.

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1580. Baret, Alv., C 381. A chasticer or correcter, castigator.

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1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 107. The mildnes and good will of the chastiser, doth fortifie the austeritie & bitternes of the chastisement.

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1742. Young, Nt. Th., III. 305. The thought of death … That kind chastiser of the soul to joy!

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1849. Jas. Grant, Mem. Kirkaldy Grange, xx. 230. The chastisers chased Seaton to Leith.

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