beheader
Executioner with blade
A beheader is one who beheads—cuts off heads.
The word appears in historical contexts describing executioners or, more recently, in coverage of terrorist groups that film decapitations: ISIS beheaders released another video.
It can also describe a device or machine that removes heads from fish or other animals during processing.
One who kills condemned
- swordsmanSkilled blade fighter
- axemanOne who chops wood
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
block · blade · decapitation · headsman · chopping · severing · stroke · condemned
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · monarchy · treason · traitor · nobleman · royal · court
executioner
One who kills condemned
- swordsmanSkilled blade fighter
- axemanOne who chops wood
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
scaffold · block · blade · decapitation · headsman · chopping · severing · stroke · condemned · kneeling
Henry VIII
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
Anne Boleyn · French Revolution · Marie Antoinette · monarchy · treason · traitor · nobleman · royal · court · warrant
Perseus
Gorgon-slaying demigod
monster · serpent · petrifying · shield · sword · decapitated · slayer · legend · myth · creature
ISIS
Levantine jihadist organization
propaganda · militant · extremist · captive · masked · orange jumpsuit · knife · gruesome · atrocity · warfare