Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
chastises
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Examples
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Hellas; but Athens was the greatest of them all — the avenger of Argos, the chastiser of Thebes, the patron of those who founded
Hellenica 2007
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Perhaps God, the chastiser of his children and the one who shines the light on what is secret, is forcing him to deal with these things by bringing them out of the background to the foreground of his life.
Reminder of a Basic Christian Doctrine For Those Prone to Forget: Christians Sin Mirtika 2006
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Indeed, if it depended on the better classes, the confederates would be put to death without trial and with violence; while the commons were their refuge and the chastiser of these men.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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Indeed, if it depended on the “best people,” the citizens of the allied states would be put to death without trial and with violence; while The People was their refuge and the chastiser of these men.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Indeed, if it depended on the “best people,” the citizens of the allied states would be put to death without trial and with violence; while The People was their refuge and the chastiser of these men.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Illuminator, aimer of light, chastiser of mankind, the poet is the possessor of a Sesame which in a mysterious way is, so to speak, the word of his destiny.
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Sahadeva, and with three other arrows, that chastiser of foes afflicted
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Beholding that chastiser of foes made steedless and driverless,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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At first there was no sovereignty, no king, no chastisement, and no chastiser.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The Kshatriya, conversant with duties, that upholds righteousness when it is trespassed against, does not, by that act, become a sinner, for the wrath of the assailant justifies the wrath of the chastiser.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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