Executioners

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of executioner form-of, plural

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assassinbutchercannibalcarnifexcutthroatdeathsman

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"They were brought out accordingly, and the executioners were just going to throw them into the tub, when the King, who was not so soon expected, entered the court on horseback and asked, with the utmost astonishment, what was the meaning of that horrible spectacle."

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