What is another word for headsman?

Pronunciation: [hˈɛdzmən] (IPA)

Headsman is a term that refers to an executioner or a person who carries out capital punishment. However, there are other synonyms that can be used in place of headsman. For instance, an executioner can be referred to as a hangman, a garroter, or a beheader. Other synonyms that are commonly used include a gallowglass, an axeman, a slaughterer, or a death dealer. These terms are often used interchangeably with the word headsman depending on the context in which they are used. It is worth noting that the job of an executioner is often viewed with disdain and regarded as a gruesome task that requires great emotional and psychological fortitude.

What are the hypernyms for Headsman?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Headsman

Stop-where is the headsman?
"Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children"
Julian Hawthorne
Keep your axe poised,' he added to the headsman.
"Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children"
Julian Hawthorne
But the audience murmured, and seemed dissatisfied; and Silvia smiled maliciously; and even the dwarf, over whom the headsman was standing with uplifted axe, showed his teeth in an ugly grin.
"Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children"
Julian Hawthorne

Famous quotes with Headsman

  • Voltaire's keen laughter must be heard before Samson could strike with the headsman's axe. Yet Voltaire's laugh proved nothing ; it produced only a brutal effect, just as did Samson's base axe. Voltaire could only wound the body of Christianity. All his sarcasms derived from ecclesiastical history ; all his witticisms on dogma and worship, on the Bible, that most sacred book of humanity, on the Virgin Mary, that fairest flower of poetry; the whole dictionary of philosophical arrows which he discharged against the clergy and the priesthood, could only wound the mortal body of Christianity, but were powerless against its interior essence, its deeper spirit, its immortal soul.
    Voltaire

Related words: hangman, death penalty, executions, execution methods, beheading, executioner, guillotine, hanging, gallows, executioners

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