[f. AFFLICT v. + -ER1.] One that afflicts or distresses; an oppressor, tormentor.
1572. Huloet in Todd.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., VIII. i. 376. These Danes … the great afflicters of the English state.
1682. 2nd Plea for Nonconf., 77. If God hear their Prayers, then many of their Afflicters must repent.
1842. Blackw. Mag., LII. 451. Thine own afflictor be! And what of all thy worldly gear Thy deepest heart esteems most dear, Cast into yonder sea!
