executionern.

/ɛksɪˈkjuːʃənə/

Forms: Also 1500s exequutioner.

Etymology: < execution n. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who executes or carries into effect (a command, design, instructions, law, justice, etc.); a perpetrator (of an evil deed). Rare in modern use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > one who

executor1388

fulfillerc1434

executer1532

executioner1598

executant1858

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 37 To haue a souldier to be very perfect, and a good executioner indeede.

1619 J. Hales Let. 25 Jan. 71 in Golden Remains (1659) With them God the Father alone is the Author of our Election, and Christ only the Executioner.

1673 R. Baxter Let. in Answer to Mr. Dodwell 83 The People are Executioners of Excommunications while they withdraw from the Excommunicate.

1683 Apol. Protestants France ii. 27 The soldiers are employed as Executioners of these Outrages.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 275 To take upon me to be..an Executioner of his [sc. God's] Justice.

1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon II. vi. 196 The people had a right..to act as the executioners of their own will.

1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 245 German right..trusted to the moral sense as its executioner.

†b. One who performs the duties of a place or office. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > of a command, duty, or plan > one who

executorc1450

executioner1587

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1491/2 The verie situation of the place ministreth incouragement to the executioners.

a1626 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. XIII. 372 The executioners of this office..cannot be guilty of oppression.

c. transferred said of things. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means

keyOE

toolc1000

wherewithc1230

ministerc1380

meanc1390

instrumenta1425

organ?a1425

mesne1447

moyen1449

handlec1450

hackneya1500

receipta1500

operative1526

ingine1531

appliance1555

agent1579

matter1580

mids1581

wedge1581

wherewithal1583

shoeing-horn1587

engine1589

instrumental1598

Roaring Meg1598

procurement1601

organy1605

vehicle1615

vehiculuma1617

executioner1646

facility1652

operatory1660

instrumentality1663

expedient1665

agency1684

bladea1713

mechanic1924

mechanism1924

1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xli, in Steps to Temple 64 All along The walls..Are tooles of wrath, Anvills of Torments hung; Fell Executioners of foule intents.

1755 in S. Johnson [whence 1818 in Todd; and in mod. Dicts.]

2. gen. One who carries a sentence or judgement into effect: a punisher.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [noun] > one who punishes

punishera1387

chastiserc1440

scourger1533

visitor1545

executioner1578

visiter1608

lictor1638

animadverter1694

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 222 Howsoever Magistrates do wink, God raiseth up elsewhere exequutioners which repay to bloodshedders their reward.

1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 34 The Provost Mareschal..hath a Troop of Officers on Horseback, with an Executioner to punish those that offend against the Orders of the..General.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. xxvii. 5 Conscience is a powerful, tho' invisible Executioner.

1798 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population iv. vii When nature will govern and punish for us, it is a very miserable ambition to wish to..draw upon ourselves the odium of executioner.

3. The official who carries out a sentence of death; a headsman, hangman, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner

manquellera1275

officer?1387

smiterc1390

manslayera1425

man's quellerc1429

baserc1480

butcher1483

executora1513

slaughter-slave1556

carnifex1561

executioner1561

deathsman1589

verdugo1616

hals-mana1658

1561 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. (ed. 2) viii. f. 153 He being a kynge, had vsed the detestable office of an execucyoner.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 206 Call your executioner, and off with Barnardines head.

1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 245 The King..kneeled down at the block, and the executioner performed his office.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 320 The executioners..were fatigued.

1859 L. Oliphant China & Japan II. ix. 194 Criminals who have committed crimes worthy of death, forestall the public executioner.

4. transferred and figurative.

a. One who puts another to death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun]

baneOE

quelmerOE

quellerOE

murderer1340

slaughtermana1350

slayerc1380

killer1535

dispatcher1549

executioner1597

slaughterer?1611

widowmakera1616

mactator1656

zapper1969

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 173 Though I wish thy death, I will not be the executioner .

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 48 It is likely they will not be their own executioners.

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 295 What is War..but a great wholesale executioner?

b. One who or that which tortures like an executioner or hangman.

ΚΠ

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. iv. 130 A poysoned worme..gnawing the very heart, a perpetuall executioner.

Derivatives

exeˈcutioneress n. a female executioner.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner > female

executioneress1656

1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. i. 133 Your name..should be hangd, drawn, and quartered, by the common Executioneress Fame.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 40 The Mingan had a billhook in her left hand, as executioneress of the inside.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	executioner
释义	executionern. /ɛksɪˈkjuːʃənə/ Forms: Also 1500s exequutioner. Etymology: < execution n. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who executes or carries into effect (a command, design, instructions, law, justice, etc.); a perpetrator (of an evil deed). Rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > one who executor1388 fulfillerc1434 executer1532 executioner1598 executant1858 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 37 To haue a souldier to be very perfect, and a good executioner indeede. 1619 J. Hales Let. 25 Jan. 71 in Golden Remains (1659) With them God the Father alone is the Author of our Election, and Christ only the Executioner. 1673 R. Baxter Let. in Answer to Mr. Dodwell 83 The People are Executioners of Excommunications while they withdraw from the Excommunicate. 1683 Apol. Protestants France ii. 27 The soldiers are employed as Executioners of these Outrages. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 275 To take upon me to be..an Executioner of his [sc. God's] Justice. 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon II. vi. 196 The people had a right..to act as the executioners of their own will. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 245 German right..trusted to the moral sense as its executioner. †b. One who performs the duties of a place or office. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > of a command, duty, or plan > one who executorc1450 executioner1587 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1491/2 The verie situation of the place ministreth incouragement to the executioners. a1626 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. XIII. 372 The executioners of this office..cannot be guilty of oppression. c. transferred said of things. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means keyOE toolc1000 wherewithc1230 ministerc1380 meanc1390 instrumenta1425 organ?a1425 mesne1447 moyen1449 handlec1450 hackneya1500 receipta1500 operative1526 ingine1531 appliance1555 agent1579 matter1580 mids1581 wedge1581 wherewithal1583 shoeing-horn1587 engine1589 instrumental1598 Roaring Meg1598 procurement1601 organy1605 vehicle1615 vehiculuma1617 executioner1646 facility1652 operatory1660 instrumentality1663 expedient1665 agency1684 bladea1713 mechanic1924 mechanism1924 1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xli, in Steps to Temple 64 All along The walls..Are tooles of wrath, Anvills of Torments hung; Fell Executioners of foule intents. 1755 in S. Johnson [whence 1818 in Todd; and in mod. Dicts.] 2. gen. One who carries a sentence or judgement into effect: a punisher. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] > one who punishes punishera1387 chastiserc1440 scourger1533 visitor1545 executioner1578 visiter1608 lictor1638 animadverter1694 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 222 Howsoever Magistrates do wink, God raiseth up elsewhere exequutioners which repay to bloodshedders their reward. 1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 34 The Provost Mareschal..hath a Troop of Officers on Horseback, with an Executioner to punish those that offend against the Orders of the..General. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. xxvii. 5 Conscience is a powerful, tho' invisible Executioner. 1798 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population iv. vii When nature will govern and punish for us, it is a very miserable ambition to wish to..draw upon ourselves the odium of executioner. 3. The official who carries out a sentence of death; a headsman, hangman, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner manquellera1275 officer?1387 smiterc1390 manslayera1425 man's quellerc1429 baserc1480 butcher1483 executora1513 slaughter-slave1556 carnifex1561 executioner1561 deathsman1589 verdugo1616 hals-mana1658 1561 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. (ed. 2) viii. f. 153 He being a kynge, had vsed the detestable office of an execucyoner. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 206 Call your executioner, and off with Barnardines head. View more context for this quotation 1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 245 The King..kneeled down at the block, and the executioner performed his office. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 320 The executioners..were fatigued. 1859 L. Oliphant China & Japan II. ix. 194 Criminals who have committed crimes worthy of death, forestall the public executioner. 4. transferred and figurative. a. One who puts another to death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun] baneOE quelmerOE quellerOE murderer1340 slaughtermana1350 slayerc1380 killer1535 dispatcher1549 executioner1597 slaughterer?1611 widowmakera1616 mactator1656 zapper1969 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 173 Though I wish thy death, I will not be the executioner . View more context for this quotation 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 48 It is likely they will not be their own executioners. 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 295 What is War..but a great wholesale executioner? b. One who or that which tortures like an executioner or hangman. ΚΠ 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. iv. 130 A poysoned worme..gnawing the very heart, a perpetuall executioner. Derivatives exeˈcutioneress n. a female executioner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner > female executioneress1656 1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. i. 133 Your name..should be hangd, drawn, and quartered, by the common Executioneress Fame. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 40 The Mingan had a billhook in her left hand, as executioneress of the inside. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1561
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