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authoritarian, dictator
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
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meanie, meany, unkind person
a person of mean disposition
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switcher, whipper
a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
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persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
someone who torments
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torturer
someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
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Big Brother
an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy
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flogger, scourger
a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
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harasser
a persistent tormentor
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disciplinarian, martinet, moralist
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer
a persistently annoying person
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tantaliser, tantalizer
someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
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witch-hunter
someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions
