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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Executioner

/ĕkˌ-sək-yo͞osh'-ən-ẽr/ · Ex·e·cu·tion·er · IPA /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/
01 n. One who executes; an executer.
  1. 1.
    One who executes; an executer.
  2. 2.
    One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.