batterer
nounEtymology From batter + -er.
1
One who batters.
- "If you've been assaulted and battered," said the Mayor, "we shall have to arrest the assaulters and batterers, as well."1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 138:
2
One who batters their spouse: one who commits domestic violence.