Executioner

  • 1Executioner — Album par Mantic ritual Sortie 27 février 2009 Enregistrement Pittsburgh (Pennsylvanie) Durée 50 minutes et 9 secondes Genre Thrash Metal Producteur …

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  • 2Executioner — Ex e*cu tion*er, n. 1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3executioner — ex·e·cu·tion·er /ˌek si kyü shə nər/ n: one who puts another to death in fulfillment of a judicial death sentence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 4executioner — headsman, 1560s; one who carries into effect, 1590s; agent noun from EXECUTION (Cf. execution) …

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  • 5executioner — ► NOUN ▪ an official who executes condemned criminals …

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  • 6executioner — [ek΄si kyo͞o′shənər] n. a person who carries out the death penalty as imposed by a court …

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  • 7Executioner — Not to be confused with Executor. For other uses, see Executioner (disambiguation). Headsman redirects here. For the film, see The Headsman. Execution of Pirates in Hamburg, 1573 …

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  • 8executioner — UK [ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃ(ə)nə(r)] / US [ˌeksəˈkjuʃ(ə)nər] noun [countable] Word forms executioner : singular executioner plural executioners someone whose job is to execute criminals …

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  • 9executioner — [[t]e̱ksɪkju͟ːʃənə(r)[/t]] executioners N COUNT An executioner is a person who has the job of executing criminals …

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  • 10executioner — noun (C) someone who legally kills someone else as a punishment for a serious crime: a public executioner, also called at that time, the hangman …

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