executioner
Syllables: ex·e·cu·tion·er/ˌɛksəˈkjuːʃənə/US/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/
executioner noun: an official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
Noun
executioner (plural executioners)
- An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
- 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...
- 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
- Executor.
- A hit man, especially being in some organization.
executioner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
executioner in Hindi
- the person who carries out the execution
- बधिक badhik, जल्लाद jallād
executioner in Tamil
- அலுகோசு, மரணதண்டனைக்காரர், அரசுக்கொலையாளி, தூக்கிலிடுபவர், தூக்குத் தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றுபவர்
executioner in Urdu
- the person who carries out the execution
- جلاد jallād
executioner in Bengali
- the person who carries out the execution
- জল্লাদ jollad
More languagesFewer languages
- executioner in Malayalam
- ആരാച്ചാർ ārāccāṟ
- executioner in Sanskrit
- कालपाशिक kālapāśika, वधकर्माधिकारिन् vadhakarmādhikārin
- executioner in Pashto
- جلاد
- executioner in Arabic
- جَلَّاد jallād
- executioner in Malay
- algojo, pertanda, jalad, pelebaya
- executioner in Indonesian
- algojo, jalad
- executioner in Persian
- دژخیم dežxim, جلاد jallâd
- executioner in Thai
- เพชฌฆาต pét-chá-kâat
- executioner in Vietnamese
- người hành hình, đao phủ
- executioner in Myanmar
- အာဏာသား anasa:
Examples of executioner in a sentence
- The executioner threw the switch on Old Sparky, and the condemned prisoner was electrocuted for his crimes.
- The executioner was proud that he kept his axe razor-sharp, so no prisoner would feel any pain when his head was cut off.
- A slow dancing death, courtesy of the short rope, brouht in by canny executioners.
Synonyms of executioner
Forms of executioner
| plural | executioners |
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Origin of executioner
From execution + -er.
Words formed from executioner
Questions about executioner
- What does executioner mean?
- Executioner means an official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
- What is executioner in Hindi?
- Executioner in Hindi is बधिक (badhik), जल्लाद (jallād). See Executioner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is executioner?
- Executioner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce executioner?
- Executioner is pronounced /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of executioner?
- The plural of executioner is executioners.
Words near executioner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: executioner (page history and authors); executioner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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