executioner

[ ek-si-kyoo-shuh-ner ]
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noun
  1. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant.

  2. a person who executes an act, will, judgment, etc.

Origin of executioner

1
First recorded in 1555–65; execution + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for executioner

executioner

/ (ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃənə) /


noun
  1. an official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person

  2. an assassin, esp one appointed by a political or criminal organization

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