carnefice — meaning in English
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English meaning
- butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- 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 person who leads or is in charge; a leader.
Senses
carnefice is used for these senses in English:
- butcher (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- 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.
butcher — full definition
- noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
- verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
- verb To ruin or botch something badly.
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