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afflicter|əˈflɪktə(r)| [f. afflict v. + -er1.] One that afflicts or distresses; an oppressor, tormentor.
1572Huloet in Todd. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. viii. i. 376 These Danes..the great afflicters of the English state. 16822nd Plea for Nonconf. 77 If God hear their Prayers, then many of their Afflicters must repent. 1842Blackw. Mag. LII. 451 Thine own afflictor be! And what of all thy worldly gear Thy deepest heart esteems most dear, Cast into yonder sea! |