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Meanings of executioner in English
Synonyms
Examples for "public executioner"
Examples for "public executioner"
1
The door opened, and Sanson, the public executioner, came in.
2
Then the fashion passed away; for no one cared to pass for the public executioner.
3
It was Samson, the public executioner, who entered!
4
He was the people's hero-thepublic executioner.
5
The public executioner, that is to say?
Usage of executioner in English
1
The son will deliver the parent into the hands of the executioner.
2
She raised her hand and looked the executioner full in the eyes.
3
In spite of your courage and coolness, the hand of the executioner.
4
The condemned man must not have anything to ask of the executioner.
5
The denunciator of success is the only legitimate executioner of the fall.
6
I thought that an executioner would come for us silently, one night.
7
I just don't know whether he's the condemned man or the executioner.
8
He's been the Council's executioner for at least twenty or thirty years.
9
That body referred the petition to the Secretary of War-theGeneral's executioner.
10
I don't usually enjoy my position as executioner, Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden.
11
The servant took farewell of him, and Barneveld said to the executioner:
12
When presently the executioner bade him turn his head to the East:
13
Tell my executioner that I never saw the President of the Confederacy.
14
The executioner puts his hand under the cover and draws at random.
15
I told him that I had come both as judge and executioner.
16
He made up his mind: three seconds of judge, jury, and executioner.
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Executioner through the time
Executioner across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common