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executioners

executioners is the plural of executioner.

Meaning of executioner

Noun

executioner (plural executioners)

  1. 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...
  2. (archaic) Executor.
  3. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Phrases with executioners

Questions about executioners

What is executioners the plural of?
Executioners is the plural of executioner.

Words near executioners in the dictionary

  1. executional
  2. executionary
  3. executioner
  4. executioneress
  5. executioneresses
  6. executioners
  7. executioning
  8. executionism
  9. executionist
  10. executionists
  11. executions

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