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Noun Concept
Categories: Executioners, Legal professions, Capital punishment, Penology
EN
executioner  public executioner  Bourreau  common executioner  common hangman
EN
An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant WordNet 3.0
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An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person. Wikipedia
Officer of the court who carries out capital punishment sentences. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Official that executes a condemned person Wikidata
The person who carries out corporal punishments on a convict including the death penalty. OmegaWiki
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal. Wiktionary
IS A
killer
profession
civil servant
HAS KIND
electrocutioner
hangman
headsman
kaishakunin
state electrician
+5 relations
DERIVATION
execution
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
FIELD OF THIS OCCUPATION
execution
USES
electric chair
guillotine
executioner's sword
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
executioner, public executioner
Wikipedia
EN
executioner
Wikidata
EN
executioner
Wiktionary
EN
executioner
OmegaWiki
EN
executioner
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Bourreau, common executioner, common hangman, Deaths-man, public hangman
Wikidata Alias
EN
hangman

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