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executioneress

executioneress noun: a female executioner.

Noun

executioneress (plural executioneresses)

  1. (rare) A female executioner.
    • Twelve umbrellas, covering as many Bo-fetiche priestesses, followed by two brass shields, a large drum, two large scimitar-shaped blades, fretted as usual, and having skulls on the hilts, eighteen Bo Kpo in red avo, six executioneresses in leopard cloths of yellow with black spots, silver horns and...1874, J. A[lfred] Skertchly, “The So-Sin Custom—(continued)”, in Dahomey as It Is: Being a Narrative of Eight Months’ Residence in That Country, […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], page 267

Forms of executioneress

pluralexecutioneresses

Origin of executioneress

From executioner + -ess.

Questions about executioneress

What does executioneress mean?
Executioneress means a female executioner.
What part of speech is executioneress?
Executioneress is a noun.
What is the plural of executioneress?
The plural of executioneress is executioneresses.

Words near executioneress in the dictionary

  1. execution units
  2. execution-style
  3. executional
  4. executionary
  5. executioner
  6. executioneress
  7. executioneresses
  8. executioners
  9. executioning
  10. executionism
  11. executionist

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