Synonyms for executioner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ek-si-kyoo-shuh-ner

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃə nər

Définition of executioner

Origin : "headsman," 1560s; "one who carries into effect," 1590s; agent noun from execution.

noun hangman

Example sentences :

Executioner of thy country, read the decree of thy punishment!
Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

“Oh, by a new method, which I have invented myself,” declared the Executioner.
Extract from : « Dick, Marjorie and Fidge » by G. E. Farrow

St. Bartholomew and the Executioner with the knife to fulfil the martyr.
Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Lafemas looked at the Governor, and the Governor at the Executioner, and so round.
Extract from : « Richelieu, v. 2/3 » by G. P. R. James

For what's the object of being an Executioner if one can't execute?
Extract from : « John Dough and the Cherub » by L. Frank Baum

The Executioner of Salamanca also turned and ran down the steps.
Extract from : « The Firebrand » by S. R. Crockett

The Executioner commanded them to put off their clothes, which they refused.
Extract from : « A Book of Quaker Saints » by Lucy Violet Hodgkin

His ground of complaint against the Executioner is not his trade but his bungling.
Extract from : « Reviews » by Oscar Wilde

And why would an Executioner that is higher again in the profession be checked.
Extract from : « Three Wonder Plays » by Lady I. A. Gregory

When they did at last open he found himself face to face with the Executioner.
Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various

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