untrusser

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noun

Someone who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noununtrusser (plural untrussers)

plural untrussers

  1. obsoleteSomeone who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.

    the untrussers or whippers of the age

    1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

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APA

untrusser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrusser

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“untrusser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrusser. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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