executioner

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Noun

executioner (plural executioners)

1. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
2. (archaic) Executor.
3. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Related terms

• electrocutioner
• execute
• execution
• executor

Translations

• 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

Translations

• Russian: душеприка́зчик

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