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Pranger.

pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpraŋər/[ˈpʁa.ŋɐ]
  1. pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From northern Middle High German pranger (13th c.), derived from *prangen, a West Central German form of phrengen, phrangen (“to force, squeeze, confine”), from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (compare English prong). Not related with prangen, but possibly at some point associated with it.

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