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knouters

knouters is the plural of knouter.

Meaning of knouter

Noun

knouter (plural knouters)

  1. One who wields a knout, especially a Russian official who uses it to administer punishment.
    • Czar — "Have you fastened the alarm telling of the approach of strangers thirty miles away on each door?" Attendant — " Yes, blessed knouter.1890, The Judge - Volume 18, page 334

Questions about knouters

What is knouters the plural of?
Knouters is the plural of knouter.

Words near knouters in the dictionary

  1. knout
  2. knoutberries
  3. knoutberry
  4. knouted
  5. knouter
  6. knouters
  7. knouting
  8. knoutings
  9. knouts
  10. know
  11. know a B from a battledore

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