executioner
noun/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/US/ˌɛksəˈkjuːʃənə/UK
Etymology
From execution + -er.
Definitions
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.
Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
The neighborhood
- synonymcarnifex
- synonymdeathsman
- synonymdoomsman
- synonymexecutioner
- synonymexecutor
- synonymhalseman
- synonymJack Ketch
- synonymlockman
- synonymmanqueller
- neighborelectrocutioner
- neighborexecute
- neighborexecution
- neighborexecutor
- neighborkiller
- neighborofficial
- neighborderrick
- neighborexecutioneress
- neighborguillotiner
- neighborguillotinist
- neighborhangman
- neighborheadsman
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA