Meaning & use
castigator
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A person who criticizes or punishes someone severely for wrongdoing.
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The columnist built a reputation as a fierce castigator of corporate greed.
History remembers him as a relentless castigator of political corruption.
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"Castigator" is the agent noun of "castigate," from the Latin "castigare," meaning "to correct" or "to punish."
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