# flagellist

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One who administers punishment by whipping.
2. One who whips him or herself as an act of religious penitence; flagellant.
3. One who whips others or is whipped by others as a sexual fetish.
4. One who is abusive or punishing.

## Etymology
From Latin flagellum (“whip”) + -ist.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flagellist