Noun
One who executes; an executer.
One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI do nothing upon myself, and yet am mine own executioner. John Donne
Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner. Thomas Browne
Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years? Anton Chekhov
Someone with an unrelenting heart is his own executioner. Greek Proverb
Eat and take belly, because tomorrow the assistant of the executioner will come to take the skin. Scanian Proverb
If the dowry doesn't support her, even the executioner is disinterested. Sicilian Proverb