Executioner
21Executioner — (Mark 6:27). Instead of the Greek word, Mark here uses a Latin word, speculator, which literally means a scout, a spy, and at length came to denote one of the armed bodyguard of the emperor. Herod Antipas, in imitation of the emperor, had in… …
22executioner — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hangman, electrocutioner, strangler, firing squad, death squad, headsman, garroter, killer, lyncher, hit man*, hired gun*; see also killer …
23executioner — ex|e|cu|tion|er [ˌeksıˈkju:ʃənə US ər] n someone whose job is to execute criminals …
24executioner — ex|e|cu|tion|er [ ,eksə kjuʃnər ] noun count someone whose job is to EXECUTE criminals …
25executioner — ex·e·cu·tion·er || ‚eksɪ kjuËʃnÉ™ n. one who puts sentenced people to death …
26executioner — n executionist, Sl.Jack Ketch, hangman, lyncher, garroter; decapitator, headsman, behead er; gasser, exterminator, annihilator; firing squad; cru cifier, killer, murderer, slayer; bloodspiller, bloodshed der, bloodletter. See killer(def.1) …
27executioner — ex·e·cu·tion·er …
28executioner — [ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃ(ə)nə] noun [C] someone whose job is to EXECUTE criminals …
29executioner — ex•e•cu•tion•er [[t]ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃə nər[/t]] n. 1) an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant 2) a person who executes an act, will, judgment, etc • Etymology: 1555–65 …
30executioner — /ɛksəˈkjuʃənə/ (say eksuh kyoohshuhnuh) noun 1. someone who executes. 2. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant …