executioner

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛksəˈkjuːʃənə/    美 /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
    — He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
  2. Executor. archaic
  3. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

词形变化

executioners plural

词汇关系

近义词
carnifex deathsman doomsman executioner executor halseman Jack Ketch lockman manqueller
上位词
killer official
下位词
derrick electrocutioner executioneress guillotiner guillotinist hangman headsman headswoman ketch
衍生词
executioneress judge, jury and executioner
相关词
electrocutioner execute execution executor

词源

Etymology tree
English execution
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English executioner
From execution + -er.
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