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Definition of Public executioner
1. Noun. An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.
Specialized synonyms: Electrocutioner, Hangman, Headman, Headsman
Generic synonyms: Killer, Slayer
Derivative terms: Execution
Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Executioner
Literary usage of Public executioner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Warden Cassidy on Prisons and Convicts: Remarks from Observation and by Michael John Cassidy (1897)
"I had no interest in learning anything about executions or the methods necessary
for performing any of the duties required of a public executioner. ..."
2. A General Biographical Dictionaryby John Gorton by John Gorton (1851)
"He endeavoured to destroy himself, but was prevented, and fell by the band of
Ule public executioner, Tlie debates on his tri;u were publised iu (i vola. ..."
3. Roman Antiquities by Johann D. Fuss (1840)
"The office of public executioner was held degrading, as at present; he was
forbidden the city n, was of the lowest class, and employed in executing slaves ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1842)
"IN almost all countries the office of public executioner is one which excites in
the public mind feelings of unmitigated loathing and contempt, ..."
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