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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And her teachers didn’t mention the woman who slipped the executioner’s noose and freed New England? —
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026 The executioners often kept the shoes. —Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Amnesty International says China is the world's lead executioner, believed to sentence and put to death thousands of people annually. —ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026 One such affair claimed an extra life when the executioner’s son ascended the scaffold to brandish a head, lost his footing, and fell to his death. —Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for executioner
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026 The executioners often kept the shoes. —Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Amnesty International says China is the world's lead executioner, believed to sentence and put to death thousands of people annually. —ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026 One such affair claimed an extra life when the executioner’s son ascended the scaffold to brandish a head, lost his footing, and fell to his death. —Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for executioner
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/executioner. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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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
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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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