executioner

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \-sh(ə-)nər\
- /ˌek.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \-sh(ə-)nər\

Definitions of executioner word

noun executioner An official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person. 1
noun executioner person who executes criminals 1
countable noun executioner An executioner is a person who has the job of executing criminals. 0
noun executioner an official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person 0
noun executioner an assassin, esp one appointed by a political or criminal organization 0
noun executioner a person who carries out the death penalty as imposed by a court 0

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Parts of speech for Executioner

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executioner popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for executioner

noun executioner

hangman — a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
electrocutioner — A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.
garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
killer — a person or thing that kills.

All 10 Synonyms of executioner