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Electrocutioner

//ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuʃənɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An executioner who carries out an execution by means of electricity.

    "'Then the electrocutioner turned on the switch and when he did Willie Francis' lips puffed out and he groaned and jumped so that the chair came off the floor. Apparently the switch was turned on twice and then the condemned man yelled: 'Take it off. Let me breath.""

  2. 2
    an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person wordnet

Etymology

Blend of electrocution + executioner, or electrocution + -er

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