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Definition of Deathsman
1. n. An executioner; a headsman or hangman.
Definition of Deathsman
1. Noun. (obsolete) An executioner; a headsman or hangman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deathsman
1. [n DEATHSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deathsman
Literary usage of Deathsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1880)
""When their prayer was finished, the deathsman bound them to the two stakes,
placed a rope with a slip-knot round their necks, and then piled faggots round ..."
2. The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets: Never Before in Any Language Truly by Homer, George Chapman, William Cooke Taylor (1843)
"Nor shall I live to cheer his age, and give nutrition • Remission—"relaxation of
passion." b His deathsman—" the slayer." « Destinate—" predestined. ..."
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