executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-si-ˈkyü-sh(ə-)nər 
: one who executes
especially
: one who puts to death
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Thanks to a last minute call to one of the executioners though, Janine (Madeline Brewer) is pulled from the firing line and spared.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 May 2025
State law allows the executioner, a private citizen paid $150 for her services, to remain anonymous.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Craig Baxley, a former South Carolina executioner, also raised concerns about the design, warning that bullets could ricochet in the small, brick-walled chamber.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 May 2025
State law allows the executioner, a private citizen paid $150 for her services, to remain anonymous.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Craig Baxley, a former South Carolina executioner, also raised concerns about the design, warning that bullets could ricochet in the small, brick-walled chamber.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executioner. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-sə-ˈkyü-sh(ə-)nər
: a person who carries out a sentence of death
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executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-si-ˈkyü-shə-nər
: one who puts another to death in fulfillment of a judicial death sentence
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