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Definition of "deathsman" []

  • Archaic An executioner. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "deathsman" in a sentence
  • "And for that shag-haird Slave in the house, he will be thy deathsman, if hee but understand that thou makest any enquirie after thy money."
  • "A deathsman of the soul Robert Greene called him, Stephen said."
  • "-- A deathsman of the soul Robert Greene called him, Stephen said."
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