Etymology

flagellist

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Today it means: One who administers punishment by whipping. Full definition →

Latin flagellum
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  1. Latin · derived fromflagellum“whip”
  2. English todayflagellist

From Latin flagellum (“whip”) + -ist.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.