Executioner and Soldier

Executioner

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

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Soldier and executioner are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soldier" instead a noun "Executioner".

Nearby Words: execution, executor

Soldier noun - A person engaged in military service.

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Executioner and soldier are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Executioner" instead a noun "Soldier".

old	old executioner	old soldier
female	female executioner	female soldier
elite	elite executioner	elite soldier
original	original executioner	original soldier
Other adjectives: dead, powerful, trained, new, professional, former, Nazi, imperial, last, nearby, undead.

Ragtag Band of Misfits: Ulric's retinue consists of two war veterans, a mute soldier, a crazed murderer, a professional executioner/torturer and a mercenary.

Source: Film / Black Death
When the executioner missed, she was said to have replied "I shoot better than you", after which another soldier sprayed her with bullets from his submachinegun.

Source: Action Girl / Real Life
During the introduction to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a captured Stormcloak soldier says this trope word for word, interrupting the priestess giving him and the other prisoners their last rites before being send to the executioner's block.

Source: Get It Over With

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