executioner's

Belonging to headsman

Executioner's is the possessive form of executioner—a person who carries out death sentences.

Most often appears in executioner's hood, the black covering that conceals the identity of someone performing an execution.

An executioner's blade or executioner's axe refers to the instrument of beheading.

occupation

hood

Attached head covering

  • maskFace-worn concealment
  • axeBladed tool for chopping
  • blockSolid mass, or impede

scaffold · gallows · blade · sword · black · hangman's · noose · garb · duties · trade

tools

axe

Bladed tool for chopping

rope · noose · guillotine · scaffold · gallows · hood · platform · trapdoor · lever · stake

figurative

ruthlessness

Lack of compassion or mercy

finality · mercy · judgment · sentence · fate · doom · inevitability · detachment · impartiality · swift

Opposites
role in justice system

executioner'sgovernor's

Of a state's leader

judge's · defender's · jury's · magistrate's

relationship to the condemned

executioner'ssavior's

rescuer's · defender's · protector's · healer's · creator's

Phrases
Family

executioner, executioners

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13