Executioner

Exˊe-cu′tion-er

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Noun.

1.

One who executes; an executer.

Bacon.

2.

One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

Executioner

EXECU'TIONER

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Noun.

One who executes; one who carries into effect a judgment of death; one who inflicts a capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant. It is chiefly used in this sense.

1.

He that kills; he that murders.

2.

The instrument by which any thing is performed.

executioner

English

Noun

executioner ‎(plural executioners)

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
(archaic) executor
A hit man, especially being in some organization.

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the person who carries out the execution

Belarusian: кат m ‎(kat)
Bulgarian: пала́ч (bg) m ‎(paláč)
Catalan: botxí m, botxina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劊子手 (zh), 刽子手 (zh) ‎(guìzishǒu)
Czech: kat (cs) m, popravčí (cs) m
Danish: bøddel c
Dutch: beul (nl)
Esperanto: ekzekutisto
Estonian: timukas
Faroese: bøðil m
Finnish: teloittaja (fi), pyöveli (fi)
French: exécuteur des hautes œuvres (fr) m, bourreau (fr) m
Galician: verdugo m
German: Henker (de) m, Scharfrichter (de) m
Greek: εκτελεστής (el) m ‎(ektelestís), δήμιος (el) m ‎(dímios)
Hungarian: hóhér (hu)
Icelandic: böðull (is) m
Indonesian: algojo (id)
Italian: boia (it) m, carnefice (it) m
Japanese: 死刑執行人 ‎(しけいしっこうにん, shikeishikkōnin)
Kazakh: жазалаушы ‎(jazalawşı)
Latgalian: kāts m
Latvian: bende m

Lithuanian: budelis m
Macedonian: џе́лат m ‎(džélat)
Malay: algojo, pertanda, jalad, pelebaya
Maori: kaiwhakamate
Norwegian: bøddel m, skarpretter m
Persian: دژخیم (fa) ‎(dežxim)
Polish: kat (pl) m
Portuguese: carrasco (pt) m, algoz (pt) m
Romanian: călău (ro) m
Russian: пала́ч (ru) m ‎(paláč), экзеку́тор (ru) m ‎(ekzɛkútor), кат (ru) m ‎(kat) (archaic)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: главосек m, главосеча m, крвник m, џелат m

Roman: glavosek m, glavoseča m, krvnik (sh) m, dželat (sh) m
Slovak: kat (sk) m, popravca m
Slovene: krvnik (sl) m, rabelj m
Spanish: verdugo (es) m
Swahili: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji
Swedish: bödel (sv) c
Ukrainian: кат (uk) m ‎(kat)

someone who executes an act or will

Greek: εκτελεστής (el) m ‎(ektelestís)
Macedonian: извршител m ‎(izv'ršitel), испо́лнител m ‎(ispólnitel)

Russian: душеприка́зчик (ru) ‎(dušeprikázčik), душеприка́зчица (ru) f ‎(dušeprikázčica), исполни́тель (ru) m ‎(ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f ‎(ispolnítelʹnica)

a hit man

Japanese: 刺客 (ja) ‎(shikaku)

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Executioner

Exˊe-cu′tion-er

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Executioner

EXECU'TIONER

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