English
knouter
From knout + -er.
Formed from knout + -er
Proto-Germanic *knuttô ‘a knot’
Old Norse knútr ‘knot in a cord’
Old East Slavic кнутъ
Russian кнут ‘whip, knout, scourge’
French knout ‘knout, scourge’
English knout
Today it means
noun One who wields a knout, especially a Russian official who uses it to administer punishment.
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Etymograph / knouter