executioner
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən.ər/
- NSFW
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- The axe has fallen on our literary enterprise, and before you stands the grim figure of the executioner.
- executioners and victims
- judge and executioner
- jury and executioner
I am an executioner, but at the same time I'm a good friend and a good father.
- I am an executioner, but at the same time I'm a good friend and a good father.
- But the Lord executioner, what weakness.
Examples
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Then he looked his executioner squarely in the eye, as if resigned to his fate.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, they said I was to be the executioner, so I come all fixed.
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I am an executioner, but at the same time I'm a good friend and a good father.
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You have deemed yourself judge, jury and executioner, have you not?
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Self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner.
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At first, he blessed his executioner, but soon enough his prayers turned into screams.
Fiction book (2000) -
Hell, boy, in Allenville, I'm the judge, I'm the jury, and in your particular case, I'm the executioner.
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The executioner pushes a button which starts an irreversible execution process.
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The prisoners are led to the scaffold, where the hooded executioner waits, along with the Chieftain.
Fiction book (1991) -
The executioner carried out the sentence with a heavy heart, knowing the weight of his role.
Synonyms
9
7.3
A person who kills prisoners with a rope as punishment
2
9.9
A man who kills people by cutting off their heads
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9.9
A person who puts a prisoner to death using an electric chair
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9.9
A person or machine that cuts off people's heads to kill them
An official who carries out death sentences in front of people
A woman who kills people as a legal punishment by placing a rope around their neck
A person who cuts off someone's head as a punishment
A woman who beheads people sentenced to death
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Etymology
The word executioner comes from the verb execute, which means 'to carry out', plus the ending -er meaning 'a person who does something'. So an executioner is literally 'a person who carries out' a sentence, which is why it refers to the official who carries out a death sentence.