castigator
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So esteeming it, she had played the part of castigator.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Here one may pause and suspect the reverend castigator of confusing several dislikes in one argument.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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
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
“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 C. J. de Lacey
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