Meanings
nounpunisher (plural punishers)
plural punishers
- One who punishes.
He grimaced after another lash across his back and settled deeper into the post. The punisher stood nearly ten feet away, dragged the end of his whip through the dirt back toward him.
2024, Percival Everett, James, Picador (2025), page 95
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُعَاقِب
- مُعَاقِب (muʕāqib)one who punishes
Chinese Cantonese 懲罰者 /惩罚者
- 懲罰者 /惩罚者 (cing⁴ fat⁶ ze²)one who punishes
Chinese Mandarin 懲罰者 /惩罚者
- 懲罰者 /惩罚者 (chéngfázhě)one who punishes
Esperanto punanto, punisto
- punantoone who punishes
- punistoone who punishes
Finnish rankaisija
- rankaisijaone who punishes
French punisseur, punisseuse
- punisseurone who punishes
- punisseuseone who punishes
German Bestrafer, Bestraferin
- Bestraferone who punishes
- Bestraferinone who punishes
Greek τιμωρός
- τιμωρός (timorós)one who punishes
Hebrew הֶמעֱנִישׁ
- הֶמעֱנִישׁ (ham'anísh)one who punishes
Hungarian megtorló
- megtorlóone who punishes
Italian punitore, punitrice
- punitoreone who punishes
- punitriceone who punishes
- castigatoreone who punishes
- castigatriceone who punishes
Latin pūnitor, ultor
- pūnitorone who punishes
- ultorone who punishes
- vindexone who punishes
Lithuanian baudėjas
- baudėjasone who punishes
Portuguese castigador, punidor
- castigadorone who punishes
- punidorone who punishes
Russian кара́тель, кара́тельница
- кара́тель (karátelʹ)one who punishes
- кара́тельница (karátelʹnica)one who punishes
Spanish castigador
- castigadorone who punishes
Swedish bestraffare
- bestraffareone who punishes
Ukrainian кара́тель, кара́тельниця
- кара́тель (karátelʹ)one who punishes
- кара́тельниця (karátelʹnycja)one who punishes
Vietnamese kẻ trừng phạt
- kẻ trừng phạtone who punishes
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Cite this entry
APA
punisher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punisher
MLA
“punisher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punisher. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punisher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punisher.
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