Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tormentor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tormentor \Tor*ment"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal
anguish or tortures. --Jer. Taylor.
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings.
--Milton.
2. (Agric.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil,
resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. --Hebert.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tormentor
n 1: someone who torments [syn: {tormenter}, {persecutor}]
2: a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience
from seeing into the wings [syn: {tormenter}, {teaser}]
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