flagellant

A noun referring to a person who whips themselves or is whipped, either as a form of religious penance or for sexual gratification.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die sich selbst oder die von anderen gegeißelt wird, sei es als religiöse Buße oder zur sexuellen Befriedigung.

1. Religious penitent C2 formal

   A person who whips themselves as a form of religious penance or self-discipline.

   • Medieval flagellants walked through towns whipping themselves.
   • The flagellant sought forgiveness through physical suffering.
   • Historical accounts describe groups of flagellants during the plague.

   🇩🇪Flagellant

   Synonyme: penitentscourger

2. Person with paraphilia C2 formal

   A person who derives sexual gratification from being whipped or from whipping others.

   • The psychologist studied the behavior of flagellants in clinical settings.
   • Flagellants often seek partners with similar interests.
   • The term flagellant is used in discussions of certain paraphilias.

   🇩🇪Flagellant

• flagellants plural form
• flagellants' possessive plural form
• flagellant's possessive singular form