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public executioner

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public executioner

public executioner - an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

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

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I do not think that I am naturally a cruel woman, but I would hand such men over to the public executioner with joy.

The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

have your head struck off by the public executioner at three

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