NOUN | person | public executioner, executioner | an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant |
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Meaning | An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant. | |
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Synonym | 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 |
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