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untrusser

untrusser noun: someone who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.

Noun

untrusser (plural untrussers)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.
    • the untrussers or whippers of the age1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in...

Forms of untrusser

pluraluntrussers

Origin of untrusser

From untruss + -er.

Questions about untrusser

What does untrusser mean?
Untrusser means someone who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.
What part of speech is untrusser?
Untrusser is a noun.
What is the plural of untrusser?
The plural of untrusser is untrussers.

Words near untrusser in the dictionary

  1. untrunked
  2. untrunking
  3. untrunks
  4. untruss
  5. untrussed
  6. untrusser
  7. untrussers
  8. untrusses
  9. untrussing
  10. untrust
  11. untrustability

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