What is another word for Deathsman?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛθsmən] (IPA)

The word "Deathsman" is a term often used to describe an executioner or someone who carries out death sentences. However, there are several synonyms for this word that can be used interchangeably in certain contexts, including "hangman," "guillotine operator," "death dealer," and "execution specialist." Other more general terms that could be used for someone who carries out executions include "law enforcer," "executioner," or "capital punisher." These terms can be used in a variety of situations, including historical accounts of executions, modern discussions of the death penalty, and fictional works such as novels and movies. Regardless of the context, the use of one of these synonyms can add variety and specificity to a writer's language.

What are the hypernyms for Deathsman?

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

Usage examples for Deathsman

As he approached the city, all that festive and gallant scene he had quitted seemed to him like a dream; a vision of the gardens and bowers of an enchantress, from which he woke abruptly as a criminal may wake on the morning of his doom to see the scaffold and the Deathsman;-so much did each silent and lonely step into the funeral city bring back his bewildered thoughts at once to life and to death.
"Rienzi"
Edward Bulwer Lytton
And when I see before me the faded king of a great race, and the last band of doomed heroes, too few and too feeble to make head against my arms,-when the land is already my own, and the sword is that of the Deathsman, not of the warrior,-verily, Sir Norman, duty releases its iron tool, and man becomes man again.
"Harold, Complete The Last Of The Saxon Kings"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
From his arms thou shalt start with horror, as from those of thy wronged father's betrayer,-perchance his Deathsman!
"The Last Of The Barons, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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