executioner

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin exsequor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin exsecūtiōder.

Old French executionder.

English execution

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English executioner

From execution + -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛksəˈkjuːʃənə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: ex‧e‧cu‧tion‧er

Noun

executioner (plural executioners)

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
- 2004 May 11, “Prisoners of the Caucasus”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  Underpinning that power was a reign of terror the like of which Chechens had not seen since the days of Stalin. Even the Russian contraktniki, or freelance fighters, were not as feared as Mr Kadyrov's private army of kidnappers, torturers and executioners were.
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.

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Translations

the person who carries out the execution

Albanian: therës (sq) m, thikar (sq) m, xhelat (sq) m
Arabic: جَلَّاد m (jallād)
Armenian: դահիճ (hy) (dahič)
Azerbaijani: cəllad (az)
Bashkir: йәлләт (yällät)
Basque: borrero
Belarusian: кат m (kat)
Bengali: জল্লাদ (bn) (jollad)
Bulgarian: пала́ч (bg) m (paláč), джела́т m (dželát)
Burmese: အာဏာသား (my) (anasa:)
Catalan: botxí (ca) m, botxina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劊子手 / 刽子手 (zh) (guìzishǒu), 处刑人 (chǔxíngrén)
Czech: kat (cs) m, popravčí (cs) m
Danish: bøddel c, skarpretter c
Dutch: beul (nl)
Esperanto: ekzekutisto
Estonian: timukas
Faroese: bøðil m
Finnish: pyöveli (fi)
French: exécuteur des hautes œuvres (fr) m, bourreau (fr) m, exécuteur de la haute justice (fr), maître des hautes œuvres (fr), bourrelle (fr) f
Galician: buxeu m, verdugo m
Georgian: ჯალათი (ǯalati)
German: Henker (de) m, Scharfrichter (de) m, Henkerin (de) f, Scharfrichterin (de) f
Greek: εκτελεστής (el) m (ektelestís), δήμιος (el) m (dímios)
Ancient Greek: σπεκουλάτωρ m (spekoulátōr)
Hebrew: תַּלְיָן m
Hindi: बधिक (hi) m (badhik), जल्लाद (hi) m (jallād)
Hungarian: hóhér (hu)
Icelandic: böðull (is) m
Indonesian: algojo (id), jalad (id)
Irish: básadóir m, céastúnach m
Italian: boia (it) m, carnefice (it) m
Japanese: 死刑執行人 (しけいしっこうにん, shikeishikkōnin), 処刑人 (しょけいにん, shokeinin)
Kazakh: жазалаушы (jazalawšı), жендет (jendet)
Khmer: ពេជ្ឈឃាដ (km) (pɨcchĕəʼkhiət)
Korean: 사형 집행인 (sahyeong jiphaeng'in), 망나니 (mangnani)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: celad (ku)
Kyrgyz: желдет (ky) (jeldet)
Lao: ເພັດຊະຄາດ (phet sa khāt)
Latgalian: kāts m
Latin: carnifex m, carnufex m
Latvian: bende m
Lithuanian: budelis m
Luxembourgish: Henker m
Macedonian: џе́лат m (džélat), гла́восек m (glávosek), гла́ворез m (glávorez), по́губник m (pógubnik), па́лач m (pálač), бе́сач m (bésač)
Malay: algojo (ms), pertanda, jalad, pelebaya (ms)
Malayalam: ആരാച്ചാർ (ml) (ārāccāṟ)
Maltese: eżekutur m
Māori: kaiwhakamate
Mirandese: algoç m
Mongolian: зандалчин (mn) (zandalčin)
Norwegian: bøddel m, skarpretter (no) m
Nyoro: omuduuma class 1, omumogora class 1
Pali: vajjhaghātaka
Pashto: جلاد (ps) m
Persian: دژخیم (fa) (dežxim), جلاد (fa) (jallâd)
Polish: kat (pl) m, oprawca (pl) m
Portuguese: carrasco (pt) m, algoz (pt) m
Romanian: călău (ro) m, gâde (ro) m
Romansh: boier m, sbir m, hentger m
Russian: пала́ч (ru) m (paláč), экзеку́тор (ru) m (ekzɛkútor), кат (ru) m (kat) (archaic)
Sami:
Northern Sami: bievval
Sanskrit: कालपाशिक (sa) m (kālapāśika), वधकर्माधिकारिन् (sa) m (vadhakarmādhikārin)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: главосек m, главосеча m, крвник m, џелат (sh) m

Latin: glavosek m, glavoseča m, krvnik (sh) m, dželat (sh) m
Slovak: kat (sk) m, popravca m
Slovene: krvnik (sl) m, rabelj m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: kat m
Spanish: verdugo (es) m, carnífice m (archaic), verduga f
Swahili: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji (sw)
Swedish: bödel (sv) c, skarprättare (sv) c
Tajik: ҷаллод (jallod)
Tatar: җәллад (tt) (cällad)
Thai: เพชฌฆาต (th) (pét-chá-kâat)
Turkish: cellat (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: جلاد
Turkmen: jellat (tk)
Ukrainian: кат (uk) m (kat)
Urdu: جلاد m (jallād)
Uyghur: جاللات (jallat)
Uzbek: jallod (uz)
Vietnamese: người hành hình, đao phủ
Welsh: dienyddiwr m, crogwr m

someone who executes an act or will

Finnish: toimeenpanija (fi)
Greek: εκτελεστής (el) m (ektelestís)
Macedonian: извршител m (izvršitel), исполнител m (ispolnitel)
Romanian: executor (ro) m, executant (ro) m
Russian: душеприка́зчик (ru) (dušeprikázčik), душеприка́зчица (ru) f (dušeprikázčica), исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica)

a hit man

Chinese:
Mandarin: 杀手 (zh) (shāshóu)
Japanese: 刺客 (ja) (shikaku)
Romanian: asasin (ro) m, ucigaș (ro) m
Spanish: sicario (es) m, asesino a sueldo m