Complete Definition of "executioner"

English
Etymology
From English execution, and -er.

Hyphenation
:ex·e·cu·tion·er

Noun
en-noun

  1. The person who carries out the execution of a criminal.
  2. Something that executes.

Related terms
electrocutioner
execute
execution

Translations

French: bourreau
Hungarian: hóhér
Norwegian: bøddel m, skarpretter m
mid
Polish: kat m
Serbian: glavosek m, glavose�a m, dželat m
Swahili: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji
Swedish: bödel c (1)

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