tormentor (n.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French tormentour, Old French tormenteor "torturer," agent noun from tormenter "to torture" (see torment (v.)).

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torment (v.)

c. 1300, "inflict torture on, distress," from Old French tormenter "torture, torment, oppress, agitate" (12c.), from Medieval Latin tormentare "to torment, to twist," from Latin tormentum "twisted cord, sling; clothes-press; instrument for hurling stones," also "instrument of torture, a rack," figuratively "anguish, pain, torment," from torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Related: Tormented; tormenting.

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Definitions of tormentor

tormentor (n.)

someone who torments;

Synonyms: tormenter / persecutor

tormentor (n.)

a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings;

Synonyms: tormenter / teaser

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