executioner

Questions about executioner

What does executioner mean?

executioner means "an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant".

How many syllables are in executioner?

executioner has 5 syllables: ex-e-cu-tio-ner. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/.

What is another word for executioner?

Close synonyms include public executioner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is executioner a common word?

executioner is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.