Executioner Meaning
/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
nounExecutor.
Sentence Examples
The mouth is the executioner and the doctor of the body.
I'm your doctor, not your executioner.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In medieval times, the ____ wore a hood while carrying out sentences.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Historically, the ____ was the person responsible for carrying out a court-ordered death penalty.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English execution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English executioner From execution + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace."
— 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
"Underpinning that power was a reign of terror the like of which Chechens had not seen since the days of Stalin. Even the Russian contraktniki, or freelance fighters, were not as feared as Mr Kadyrov's private army of kidnappers, torturers and executioners were."
— 2004 May 11, “Prisoners of the Caucasus”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In medieval times, the ____ wore a hood while carrying out sentences.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Historically, the ____ was the person responsible for carrying out a court-ordered death penalty.