| NOUN | person | executioner, public executioner | an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant |
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| Sounds | eh.ksahkyuw'shahner | |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
| Meaning | An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant. | |
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| Synonym | public executioner | |
| Narrower | electrocutioner | An executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person |
| hangman | An executioner who hangs the condemned person | |
| headsman, headman | An executioner who beheads the condemned person | |
| Broader | killer, slayer | someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
| Spanish | sayón, verdugo | |
| Catalan | botxí, botxina | |
| Nouns | execution | putting a condemned person to death |
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