executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-si-ˈkyü-sh(ə-)nər 
: one who executes
especially
: one who puts to death
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Three executioners will fire from behind a small opening, positioned approximately 15 feet away.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
One of the film’s episodes depicts a day in the life of an executioner.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
As many as a hundred and fifty thousand people disappeared, and presumably died at the hands of Assad’s torturers and executioners.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Far from glamorous, but also far from the executioner’s ax.
—Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
One of the film’s episodes depicts a day in the life of an executioner.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
As many as a hundred and fifty thousand people disappeared, and presumably died at the hands of Assad’s torturers and executioners.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Far from glamorous, but also far from the executioner’s ax.
—Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executioner. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-sə-ˈkyü-sh(ə-)nər
: a person who carries out a sentence of death
Legal Definition
executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-si-ˈkyü-shə-nər
: one who puts another to death in fulfillment of a judicial death sentence
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