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Definition of Executioner
Executioner

One who executes; an executer.

One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

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Executioner Quotations

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
John Donne

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Omar N. Bradley

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.
Charles Baudelaire

And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life.
Liam Neeson

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.
Thomas Browne

Executioner Translations

executioner in German is Scharfrichter
executioner in Italian is giustiziere
executioner in Spanish is verdugo


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