castigator
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Johnson, Goldsmith's growling monitor and unsparing castigator in times of heedless levity, stood by him at present with that protecting kindness with which he ever befriended him in time of need.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Washington Irving
"Yes, you can," replied his castigator; "nothing's more easy; come, be merry."
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
The true castigator of morals has never striven to make his subjects appear disgraceful, but to make them appear ridiculous.
From Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Sir William Draper died with but one wish, though a sufficiently uncharitable one, that he could have found out his castigator, before he took leave of the world.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
Mr. Stevenson hints that she vanquished his stubborn heart by correcting a 'false quantity' of his one day, for he was the man to reflect over a correction, and 'admire the castigator.'
From Heroes of the Telegraph by John Munro
