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Executioner

//ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

    "He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace."

  2. 2
    an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant wordnet
  3. 3
    Executor. archaic
  4. 4
    A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Etymology

From execution + -er.

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