executioner

Noun

Meaning

One who executes; an executer.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

public executioner hunter slayer apache clipper ripper terminator hangman shrike soldier destroyer butcher strangler poisoner liquidator
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Antonyms

patsy producer goat target civilian prey
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Hypernyms

slayer killer

Hyponyms

hangman headman headsman electrocutioner

Related terms

execution execute executor electrocutioner

Phrases with the word

iron executioner executioner's sword hemipteran executioner celestial executioner executioner's knot executioner's noose

Examples

I 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

Close letter words and terms

execution-style executional executionary executioner's block executioner's knot executioner's noose