castigator

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Sinclair Lewis � son and grandson of doctors, onetime reporter, now 40 and the Nation's semiofficial castigator, � may be somewhat rosily seen as he has projected himself in Lie-Hunter Arrowsmith.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yes, and remember distinctly seeing him at least twice before; once as the Practical Organizer of the Initial Association of Free Disciples, and once as the self-appointed castigator of unfortunate temperance missionaries."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

“You will be the death of me, I know you will, Master Chissel,” he groaned out one day, when his castigator was even severer than usual.

From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de

Though he was useful as a castigator of the vices of his age, there was nothing very amiable in the rancorous and uncharitable spirit in which he performed his office.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

It is somewhat harder to understand the universal assumption of our authorities that Euripides was a notorious castigator of the female sex and that the women of Athens naturally hated him.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert