Word Meanings - DEATHSMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An executioner; a headsman or hangman. Shak.
Related words: (words related to DEATHSMAN)
- EXECUTIONER
1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon. 2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman. - HANGMAN
One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak. - HANGMANSHIP
The office or character of a hangman. - HEADSMAN
An executioner who cuts off heads. Dryden. - UNDERHANGMAN
An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.