executioner
Noun
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Noun
executioner (plural executioners)
- An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
- (archaic) Executor.
- A hit man, especially being in some organization.
- French: exécuteur des hautes œuvres, bourreau, exécuteur de la haute justice, maître des hautes œuvres
- German: Henker, Scharfrichter
- Italian: boia, carnefice
- Portuguese: carrasco, algoz
- Russian: пала́ч
- Spanish: verdugo
- Russian: душеприка́зчик
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