Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders);
[syn: flogger, scourger]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scourger \Scour"ger\, n.
One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
[1913 Webster]
The West must own the scourger of the world. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scourger
n 1: a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official
whose duty is to whip offenders) [syn: flogger,
scourger]