executioner
gb/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/ us/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
B2
Inglés
~ 9900
Acepciones
0 acepciones
Sustantivo
B2
entity
1
person who carries out executions
A person whose job is to kill a prisoner after a court says the prisoner must die.
Patrón de uso:
[someone] is an executioner
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes confuse "executioner" with "executor". An "executioner" kills someone as a punishment; an "executor" is a person legally responsible for carrying out the instructions in a will after someone dies.
Sinónimos
hangman (Specifically an executioner who kills by hanging; slightly old-fashioned.)
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headsman (Historical term for an executioner who beheads people, used mainly in historical contexts.)
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state executioner (Highlights that the person works for the government or legal system.)
Antónimos
victim (The person who suffers harm or is killed, rather than the person who carries out the killing.)
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prisoner (Someone held by the state and potentially executed, in contrast to the person performing the execution.)
Colocaciones
public executioner
|official executioner
|royal executioner
|state executioner
|masked executioner
|executioner’s axe
Temas
law
|crime
|history
|politics
Ejemplos
- The executioner raised his axe as the crowd fell silent.
- In many countries today, the role of the official executioner no longer exists.
- The masked executioner led the condemned man to the gallows.
- History books describe the royal executioner who served the king for thirty years.
- The executioner followed the court’s order and carried out the death sentence at dawn.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- The executioner killed the man after the court’s decision.
- In the story, the king speaks to the executioner before the hanging.
- The executioner wears a black hood in the movie.
- In modern times, many countries do not have an executioner.
- People were afraid when they saw the executioner walk into the prison.
Sustantivo
literary
C1
entity
2
ruthless destroyer of something
A person who completely destroys something, such as people’s hopes or a plan, in a very hard or cruel way.
Patrón de uso:
an executioner of [something]
Error frecuente:
Learners may not realize this is a figurative, literary use. It usually does not mean that the person legally kills someone, but that they strongly and completely end or destroy something.
Sinónimos
destroyer (Very close in meaning, but more general and less emotionally strong than "executioner" in this figurative use.)
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butcher (Shares a sense of cruelty, but usually focuses more on physical killing or bloodshed than on abstract things like hopes or plans.)
Antónimos
savior (Someone who rescues or protects something, the opposite of someone who destroys it.)
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protector (Someone who keeps people or things safe instead of ending or destroying them.)
Colocaciones
executioner of dreams
|executioner of hope
|executioner of the regime
|political executioner
Temas
emotions
|violence
|society
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- The dictator became the executioner of his own revolution, turning against the very people who had supported him.
- Critics called the new CEO the executioner of the company’s traditional culture.
- War can be the silent executioner of childhood dreams.
- He refused to be the executioner of his colleagues’ careers by announcing more layoffs.
- History may remember her not as a reformer but as the executioner of the welfare system.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- Some people saw the leader as the executioner of their freedom.
- The new rules were the executioner of many small businesses.
- The coach became the executioner of the old team, sending many players away.
- Bad habits can be the executioner of your health.
- The war was the executioner of their simple and happy life.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
executioner
AFI
GB/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
US/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
Sílabas y acento
ex - e - cu - tion - er (5 sílabas)
Stress on 3rd syllable (cu)
Formas de la palabra
Noun
- Base: executioner
- Plural: executioners
Familia de palabras
Expresiones
judge, jury, and executioner
1/d͡ʒˈʌd͡ʒ | d͡ʒˈʊɹi | ˈænd ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
fixed phrase
one who controls judgment and punishment
To be the only person or group who decides if someone is guilty and also decides and gives the punishment, with no fair process.
Ejemplos
- The media should report the facts, not act as judge, jury, and executioner.
- In that small town, the mayor was judge, jury, and executioner when it came to local disputes.
- Online mobs often try to be judge, jury, and executioner for anyone accused of doing wrong.