executioner
Americannoun
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an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant.
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a person who executes an act, will, judgment, etc.
noun
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an official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person
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an assassin, esp one appointed by a political or criminal organization
Etymology
Origin of executioner
Example Sentences
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But she added that Panahi, "who wrote this script in prison in Iran, who went on hunger strike," has highlighted "space... for reconciliation with his executioner."
From Barron's
Being locked barefoot in an executioner's chair sounds uncomfortable, but that is what Chris Pratt requested for his latest film, Mercy.
From BBC
The guillotine blade that was allegedly used comes from the Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors, by descent from the family of Charles-Henri Sanson, the executioner, whose son Henri may have pulled the lever.
Sir Thomas More on the scaffold of Tower Hill comforted his executioner and was reported by a witness to have repositioned his beard on the block, joking it had committed no treason.
He says that the articles were untrue and that The Guardian "played the role of judge, jury and executioner" of his career and reputation.
From BBC
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