Where does chastiser come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

chastiser

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"1779 Samuel Johnson (ed) - The Works of the English Poets That kind chastiser of thy soul in joy!"
"Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Krsna, "Govinda, I shall not fight," and fell silent."

From Middle English chastisoure, chastisere; equivalent to chastise + -er.

chastisers (plural)

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