flagellant
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kırbaçlayan.
2. kendini kırbaçlayan.
3. kendini kırbaçlayan kimse.
4. döven.
5. özellikle kendisini kırbaçlayan veya kırbaçlatmaktan hoşlanan kimse.
6. (isim) kendini kırbaçlayan kimse.
7. (sıfat) kendini kırbaçlayan.
Tanımlar :
1. one who whips, especially one who scourges oneself for religious discipline or public penance.
2. one who seeks sexual gratification in beating or being beaten by another person.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. one who practices flagellating oneself, either for penance.
2. A member of a religious order that preaches self-mortification as a means of absolution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. one of a fanatical sect which flourished in europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
2. a person who whips himself as a religious penance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.