whipping boy

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (historical) A boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe.
  2. Someone punished for the errors of others.

Έννοιες

αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος

εξιλαστήριο θύμα

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

First recorded in 1647. It is debated if this type of proxy punishment actually existed, or how widespread it was.

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