executioner

CEFRC1

/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/

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He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.

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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,...
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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From execution + -er.