Executioner

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  • noun. One who executes a condemned person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who executes or carries into effect; especially, one who carries into effect a death sentence of a court or tribunal; a functionary who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant; a headsman or hangman.
  • noun. That by means of which anything is performed; an instrument or implement used in producing a desired effect.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who executes; an executer.
  • noun. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
  • noun. executor
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant