punisher
Syllables: pun·ish·er/ˈpʌnɪʃə/US/ˈpʌnɪʃɚ/
punisher noun: one who punishes.
Noun
punisher (plural punishers)
- One who punishes.
- He grimaced after another lash across his back and settled deeper into the post. The punisher stood nearly ten feet away, dragged the end of his whip through the dirt back toward him.2024, Percival Everett, James, Picador (2025), page 95
punisher meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic and Vietnamese
punisher in Tamil
- தண்டனையூட்டி
punisher in Sanskrit
- a punisher, chastiser
- शास्तृ śāstṛ́
punisher in Arabic
- one who punishes
- مُعَاقِب muʕāqib
punisher in Vietnamese
- one who punishes
- kẻ trừng phạt
Forms of punisher
| plural | punishers |
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Origin of punisher
From punish + -er.
Questions about punisher
- What does punisher mean?
- Punisher means one who punishes.
- What is punisher in Tamil?
- Punisher in Tamil is தண்டனையூட்டி. See Punisher meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is punisher?
- Punisher is a noun.
- How do you pronounce punisher?
- Punisher is pronounced /ˈpʌnɪʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of punisher?
- The plural of punisher is punishers.
Words near punisher in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: punisher (page history and authors); punisher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शास्तृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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