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deathsman

American  
[deths-muhn] / ˈdɛθs mən /

noun

Archaic.
  • deathsmen
    plural
  1. an executioner.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of deathsman

First recorded in 1580–90; death + 's 1 + man


Example Sentences

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The deathsman sold me a black coat of mail, a beaked helmet and a dead spear .

From Time Magazine Archive

—A deathsman of the soul Robert Greene called him, Stephen said.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

In his appointed hour, all was forthcoming— Judge, axe, and deathsman veiled! and my poor eyes Descry—as would thou saw'st!—a figure veiled, Uplooming there—afar, like sunrise, coming!

From Poems by Victor Hugo

"Yet our solemn rites deceived us not; the prophet-shadows, dark with terror and red with blood, still foretold that, even in the dungeon, and before the deathsman, I,—I had the power to save them both!"

From Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

Nearer and nearer press the populace,—another moment, and the deathsman is defrauded.

From Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

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