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# executioner

noun (plural executioners)

«executioner» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person whose job is to put a criminal to death, as a punishment ordered by a court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executioner/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the man who carries out a death sentence, often feared and hooded; in some stories the executioner is tricked or sent away

### Examples

- The executioner raised his axe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executioner/#x1)
- The king sent for the executioner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executioner/#x2)
- In the story, the executioner refused to harm the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executioner/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «executioner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executioner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«executioner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/executioner.html) on Mova free.