carnefice

Meaning

1. (masculine) executioner
2. (masculine) torturer, tormentor, persecutor
3. (masculine) victimizer, brutal murderer
4. (masculine) hangman

Concepts

executioner

hangman

headsman

tormentor

torturer

butcher

public executioner

killer

murderer

persecutor

tormenter

Synonyms

boia

giustiziere

assassino

macellaio

persecutore

tormentatore

Translations

bourreau

verdugo

botxí

Henker

algoz

verdugo

carrasco

δήμιος

beul

Scharfrichter

exécuteur des hautes œuvres

carnifex

εκτελεστής

جلاَّد

Hyphenated as

car‧né‧fi‧ce, car‧nè‧fi‧ce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/karˈne.fi.t͡ʃe/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carnifex. Compare archaic Portuguese carnífice.