| 释义 |
deathsman arch.|ˈdɛθsmən|
A man who puts another to death; an executioner.
1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 90 Democles commanded the deathsman to doo his deuoyre. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 263, I am onely sorry He had no other Deathsman. a1632T. Taylor God's Judgem. ii. vii. (1642) 104 Loath to have any other deaths-man but himselfe, he was found slaine by his owne hand. 1813Scott Rokeby vi. xxxii, The very deaths-men paused to hear. |