public executioner

/ˌpʌblɪk ˈɛksəˌkjuʃ(ə)nər/
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Other forms: public executioners

Definitions of public executioner
  1. noun
    an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
    synonyms: executioner
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    types:
    electrocutioner
    an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person
    hangman
    an executioner who hangs the condemned person
    headman, headsman
    an executioner who beheads the condemned person
    type of:
    killer, slayer
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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