castigator

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Sinclair Lewis � son and grandson of doctors, onetime reporter, now 40 and the Nation's semiofficial castigator, � may be somewhat rosily seen as he has projected himself in Lie-Hunter Arrowsmith.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yes, you can," replied his castigator; "nothing's more easy; come, be merry."

From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

It is somewhat harder to understand the universal assumption of our authorities that Euripides was a notorious castigator of the female sex and that the women of Athens naturally hated him.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert

“You will be the death of me, I know you will, Master Chissel,” he groaned out one day, when his castigator was even severer than usual.

From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de

And if you are to be my castigator for each offence, you will find yourself pretty well employed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various