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executioner

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ex·e·cu·tion·er  (ks-kysh-nr)
n.
One who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death.
executioner [ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃənə]
n
1. (Business / Professions) an official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person
2. (Business / Professions) an assassin, esp one appointed by a political or criminal organization
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.executionerexecutioner - an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
public executioner
electrocutioner - an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person
hangman - an executioner who hangs the condemned person
headman, headsman - an executioner who beheads the condemned person
killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
executioner
noun hangman, firing squad, headsman, public executioner, Jack Ketch The criminals will be hanged by the official executioner.
Translations
executioner [ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃnəʳ] N → verdugo m
executioner [ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃənər] n → bourreau m
executioner
n → Henker m, → Scharfrichter m
executioner [ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃnəʳ] n → boia m inv
executioner [ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃnəʳ] n → boia m inv


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`I'll fetch the executioner myself,' said the King eagerly, and he hurried off.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context
"Truly," cried the host, "misfortune is coming on our house; it is the former executioner of Bethune.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The executioner was got out of the way; a hole contrived under the floor of his apartment; I myself was beneath the funeral vault, which I heard all at once creak beneath his feet.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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