1. a person who whips or beats someone as punishment
Usage: historical
2. a type of whip with multiple strands or tails

Examples

• The prison flogger carried out punishments in the courtyard.
• Historical records describe the brutal work of public floggers.
• The ship’s flogger was used to maintain discipline among sailors.
• Museums display antique floggers as examples of past punishment methods.
• The leather flogger had nine braided strands.
• Colonial-era floggers were instruments of harsh justice.