палач — meaning in English
palach
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English meaning
- executioner noun A person whose job is to carry out death sentences.
- hangman noun A person whose job is to execute people by hanging.
- headsman noun A chief person; a head man
Senses
палач is used for these senses in English:
- executioner An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
- hangman (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
- headsman An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
hangman — full definition
- noun A person whose job is to execute people by hanging.
- noun A word-guessing game where wrong guesses draw part of a hanging stick figure.