executioner — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

   Примеры

   He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.

   Другие примеры (1)

   Underpinning that power was a reign of terror the like of which Chechens had not seen since the days of Stalin. Even the Russian contraktniki, or freelance fighters, were not as feared as Mr Kadyrov's private army of kidnappers, torturers and executioners were.

2. Executor.

   Употребление

   • архаичное

3. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Существительное

1. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

   Синонимы

   public executioner

   Более общие понятия

   killerslayer