executioner

• Nom désignant une personne chargée officiellement d’exécuter une peine de mort, généralement en vertu d’un mandat légal. Par extension, il peut aussi désigner une personne qui tue de sang-froid ou fait subir une mort violente.

A noun referring to an official whose duty is to carry out a sentence of death, typically by legal warrant.

1. Official who carries out a death sentenceB2formal

   A person, often a public official, whose job is to legally execute someone who has been sentenced to death.

   Bourreau

   • The executioner prepared the gallows for the condemned prisoner.
   • In some historical periods, the executioner wore a hood to conceal their identity.
   • The role of the executioner was considered a necessary but grim profession.

   Synonymeshangman