executioner

English

Etymology

execution +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

executioner (plural executioners)

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Related terms

electrocutioner
execute
execution
executor

Translations

the person who carries out the execution

Albanian: therës (sq) m, thikar (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) (jôllad)
Bulgarian: пала́ч (bg) m (paláč), джела́т m (dželát)
Burmese: အာဏာသား (my) (anasa:)
Catalan: botxí (ca) m, botxina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劊子手 (zh), 刽子手 (zh) (guìzishǒu)
Czech: kat (cs) m, popravčí (cs) m
Danish: bøddel c, skarpretter c
Dutch: beul (nl)
Esperanto: ekzekutisto
Estonian: timukas
Faroese: bøðil m
Finnish: teloittaja (fi), 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: σπεκουλάτωρ m (spekoulátōr)
Hebrew: תַּלְיָן‎ m
Hindi: 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 (jazalauşy), 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, pertanda, jalad, pelebaya
Maltese: eżekutur m
Maori: kaiwhakamate
Mirandese: algoç m
Mongolian: зандалчин (mn) (zandalčin)
Northern Sami: bievval
Norwegian: bøddel m, skarpretter (no) m
Ottoman Turkish: جلاد‎
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
Romansch: boier m, sbir m, hentger m
Russian: пала́ч (ru) m (paláč), экзеку́тор (ru) m (ekzɛkútor), кат (ru) m (kat) (archaic)
Sanskrit: कालपाशिक (sa) m (kālapāśika), वधकर्माधिकारिन् (sa) m (vadhakarmādhikārin)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: главосек m, главосеча m, крвник m, џелат m
Roman: 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
Swedish: bödel (sv) c
Tajik: ҷаллод (jallod)
Tatar: җәллад (tt) (cällad)
Thai: เพชฌฆาต (th) (pét-chá-kâat)
Turkish: cellat (tr)
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

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

Japanese: 刺客 (ja) (shikaku)
Romanian: asasin (ro) m, ucigaș (ro) m
Spanish: sicario (es) m, asesino a sueldo m