пала́ч — meaning in English
palach
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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.
- slaughterer noun A butcher (as a profession or job).
- torturer noun A person who tortures someone else.
Senses
пала́ч 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.
- slaughterer one who slaughters.
- slaughterer A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.
- torturer Someone who tortures.
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.