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executioner

/ek-si-kyoo-shuh-ner/US // ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃə nər //UK // (ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃənə) //

刽子手,行刑者,行刑人,处决者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant.
    • : a person who executes an act, will, judgment, etc.

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Examples

  • Virginia, on the other hand, was a prolific executioner for decades.

  • Your social media audience serves as the judge, jury, and executioner.

  • I Am An Executioner offers a fiercely creative—and deeply morbid—vision of what it takes to stay alive.

  • "Princes are but princes, though I grant you the Executioner's Son is a good one," answered the priest.

  • He told the Executioner, he was a strong man, and Prayed to be put out of misery as soon as possible.

  • Charity begins at home, is the voice of the World; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and as it were, his own Executioner.

  • Executioner, constables, and sergeants, all thought their last hour was come.

  • There is a stranger of an Executioner chanced to be passing the road, just as I sent out, and he looking for work.