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vapulator

vapulator [vapulare+-tor] 1 one who beats or thrashes. s1305 processit ‥ breve quod Anglice dicitur traillebaston, contra conducticios hominum ~ores, qui ab uno viro conduci volebant propter unam summam pecunie alium verberare, et iterum a verberato [v. l. vapulato] propter duplum censum vel amplius verberare [v. l. revapulare] nequius conductorem Flor. Hist. III 123. 2 thresher (of corn); b (passing into surname). 1235 Gerardus filius Roberti inventus fuit mortuus ‥ et Ailbrictus Tusard, quidam ~or qui tunc fuit ibi, attachiatus, non venit (Eyre Surrey) Surrey Rec. Soc. XXXII 412.  b c1225 dedi ‥ Waltero filio Hugonis Wapulatoris ‥ domum Cart. Hosp. S. John I 34.

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