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Executioner

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Noun

1. executioner, public executioner

an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Executioner

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noun
1. 
an official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person
2. 
an assassin, esp one appointed by a political or criminal organization

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Executioner

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noun
a person who carries out the death penalty as imposed by a court

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Executioner

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n.
One who executes a condemned person.

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