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executioner
(encz) | executioner,kat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Executioner
(gcide) | Executioner \Ex`e*cu"tion*er\, n.
1. One who executes; an executer. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a
hangman.
[1913 Webster] |
executioner
(wn) | executioner
n 1: an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a
warrant [syn: executioner, public executioner] |
EXECUTIONER
(bouvier) | EXECUTIONER. The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to
their sentence; a hangman.
2. In the United States, executions are so rare that there are no
executioners by profession. It is the duty of the sheriff or marshal to
perform this office, or to procure a deputy to do it for him.
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executioner
(encz) | executioner,kat v: Zdeněk Brož |
public executioner
(encz) | public executioner, n: |
executioner
(wn) | executioner
n 1: an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a
warrant [syn: executioner, public executioner] |
public executioner
(wn) | public executioner
n 1: an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a
warrant [syn: executioner, public executioner] |
EXECUTIONER
(bouvier) | EXECUTIONER. The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to
their sentence; a hangman.
2. In the United States, executions are so rare that there are no
executioners by profession. It is the duty of the sheriff or marshal to
perform this office, or to procure a deputy to do it for him.
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