Executioner and Killer

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Executioner noun - An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.

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Killer is a synonym for executioner in hangman topic. In some cases you can use "Killer" instead a noun "Executioner". popular alternative

Nearby Words: execution, executor

Killer noun - A person who kills another person.

Usage example: gunned down by hired killers

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Executioner is a synonym for killer in murderer topic. You can use "Executioner" instead a noun "Killer". popular alternative

Nearby Words: kill, killing, killed

old	old executioner	old killer
female	female executioner	female killer
original	original executioner	original killer
dead	dead executioner	dead killer
Other adjectives: notorious, powerful, infamous, potential, trained, new, professional, cold-blooded, former, deadly, silent, mad, masked, would-be, sadistic, undead.

Similarly, rumor has it that is was a female executioner who flipped the switch on serial killer Ted Bundy, who killed 36 women.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Real Life
A small-scale version is the killer in The Victorian Hangman, the executioner for New York, unemployed after NY switched to the electric chair.

Source: Necessarily Evil
It's rumored that the executioner who carried out serial killer Ted Bundy's death sentence was a woman with her hair parted in the middle.

Source: Death by Irony

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