Proper noun
Guillotin (plural Guillotins)
A surname from French
Introduction in France Portrait of Guillotin On 10 October 1789, physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed to the National Assembly that capital punishment always take the form of decapitation "by means of a simple mechanism." Source: Internet
Physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin said capital punishment should always be decapitation. Source: Internet