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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Far from glamorous, but also far from the executioner’s ax.
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Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Miller has been like the executioner for aging fighters in his weight region.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
But they were not lost at all, but rather executioners who shot and killed Sarah.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Blue Eye Samurai owes a debt to countless stories of wandering warriors, among them Lone Wolf and Cub, in which a shōgun’s executioner turned outcast wanders the countryside with his toddler son (and a baby cart rigged with weapons).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
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Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Miller has been like the executioner for aging fighters in his weight region.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
But they were not lost at all, but rather executioners who shot and killed Sarah.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Blue Eye Samurai owes a debt to countless stories of wandering warriors, among them Lone Wolf and Cub, in which a shōgun’s executioner turned outcast wanders the countryside with his toddler son (and a baby cart rigged with weapons).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executioner. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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