Meaning

3 senses
  1. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

    Henker, Scharfrichter, Henkerin

    пала́чpaláč, экзеку́торekzɛkútor, катkat

    катkat

    an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

  2. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

  3. (archaic)Executor.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Are you talking about the executioner?

    deSprecht ihr über den Henker?

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  2. The executioners are torturing us, and our truth is sleeping drunk.

    Кати згнущаються над нами, а правда наша п'яна спить.

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  3. I'm your doctor, not your executioner.

    ruЯ ваш врач, а не ваш палач.

    deIch bin Ihr Arzt, nicht Ihr Scharfrichter.

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  4. Miroslav noticed that the executioner was trembling.

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  5. The executioner is responsible for doing the dirty work.

    ruПалач отвечает за грязную работу.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the person who carries out the execution:
Русский
By meaning 2
the person who carries out the execution:
someone who executes an act or will:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the person who carries out the execution:

Forms

plural: executioners
Singularexecutioner
Pluralexecutioners

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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