Definitions for Executioner
ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃə nərex·e·cu·tion·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. executioner, public executionernoun

   an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. executionernoun

   An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

2. executionernoun

   executor

3. Etymology: From English execution, and -er.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Executionernoun

   Etymology: from execution.

   1. He that puts in act, or executes.

   Is not the causer of the timeless deaths,
   As blameful as the executioner? William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   It is a singular comfort to the executioners of this office, when they consider that they cannot be guilty of oppression. Francis Bacon, Office of Alienation.

   The heart of every man was in the hand of God, and he could have made them executioners of his wrath upon one another. John Woodward, Natural History.

   In this case every man hath a right to punish the offender, and be the executioner of the law of nature. John Locke.

   2. He that inflicts capital punishment; he that puts to death according to the sentence of the law.

   He, born to the greatest expectation, and of the greatest blood, submitted himself to be servant to the executioner that should put to death Musidorus. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   The deluge was not sent only as an executioner to mankind, but its prime errand was to reform the earth. John Woodward.

   3. He that kills; he that murthers.

   I would not be thy executioner:
   I fly thee, for I would not injure thee;
   Thou tell’st me, there is murder in mine eyes. William Shakespeare.

   4. The instrument by which any thing is performed.

   All along
   The walls, abominable ornaments!
   Are tools of wrath, anvils of torments hung,
   Fell executioners of foul intents. Richard Crashaw.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Executioner

   An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who executes a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. executioner

   An executioner is a person who is appointed by a legal authority to carry out the death penalty, or capital punishment, on a condemned person. This person is responsible for enforcing the court's decision for the person sentenced to death by performing methods like hanging, beheading, lethal injection, electrocution, or other means.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Executionernoun

   one who executes; an executer

2. Executionernoun

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Executioner

   A judicial executioner is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice.

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How to pronounce Executioner?

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How to say Executioner in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Executioner in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Executioner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Executioner in a Sentence

1. Lucretius:

   Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

2. Sunjeev Bery:

   It’s as brutal an act to have your head chopped by a public executioner as it is by a member of the so called Islamic State.

3. General Omar Nelson Bradley:

   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

4. Anna Harmon:

   The judge, jury and executioner are all in one place, he is intent on using his office to root out thought and speech with which he personally disagrees.

5. John Donne:

   But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Executioner
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Executioner
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Executioner
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Executioner
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Executioner
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Executioner