executioner

executioner
/ek'si kyooh"sheuh neuhr/, n.
1. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant.
2. a person who executes an act, will, judgment, etc.
[1555-65; EXECUTION + -ER1]

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