punisher

See also: Punisher

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English punish

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English punisher

From punish + -er.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌnɪʃə/, [ˈpʰʌnɪʃə]
• (rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌnɪʃɚ/, [ˈpʰʌnɪʃɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌnɪʃɹ̩]
• Rhymes: -ʌnɪʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: pun‧ish‧er

Noun

punisher (plural punishers)

1. One who punishes.
   • 2024, Percival Everett, James, Picador (2025), page 95:

     He grimaced after another lash across his back and settled deeper into the post. The punisher stood nearly ten feet away, dragged the end of his whip through the dirt back toward him.

Translations

one who punishes

• Arabic: مُعَاقِب m (muʕāqib)
• Azerbaijani: cəzalandırıcı
• Belarusian: ка́рнік m (kárnik), ка́рніца f (kárnica)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 懲罰者 / 惩罚者 (cing⁴ fat⁶ ze²)

  Mandarin: 懲罰者 / 惩罚者 (chéngfázhě)

• Esperanto: punanto, punisto
• French: punisseur (fr) m, punisseuse (fr) f
• German: Bestrafer m, Bestraferin f
• Greek: τιμωρός (el) m or f (timorós)
• Hebrew: הֶמעֱנִישׁ (ham'anísh)
• Hungarian: megtorló (hu)
• Italian: punitore (it) m, punitrice f, castigatore (it) m, castigatrice f
• Latin: pūnitor m, ultor m, vindex m or f
• Lithuanian: baudėjas m or f
• Portuguese: castigador m, punidor (pt) m
• Russian: кара́тель (ru) m (karátelʹ), кара́тельница (ru) f (karátelʹnica)
• Spanish: castigador m
• Swedish: bestraffare c
• Ukrainian: кара́тель m (karátelʹ), кара́тельниця f (karátelʹnycja)
• Vietnamese: kẻ trừng phạt

Anagrams

• huprines, repunish