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beul

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De   beul   liep   naar   de   galg .

The executioner walked to the gallows.

(Engels)

  1. (masculine) an executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments
  2. (figuratively, masculine) a cruel person, in act or sadistic streak

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bøːl/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch buel, earlier buedel, from Old Dutch *budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz. Doublet of pedel.

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