flagellant
/ˈflædʒələnt/noun
- a person who subjects themselves or others to flogging, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification(因宗教戒条或为获得性满足而)笞人者; 自笞者。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin flagellant -'whipping', from the verb flagellare, from flagellum 'whip' (see FLAGELLUM).