public executioner

Example Sentences

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And, he reminds the budding journalists, "you are not the judge, jury and public executioner."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2016

The door opened, and Sanson, the public executioner, came in.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series by Sabatini, Rafael

Now, in the chief city of this country there was a very wise man, well versed in the law and in concocting drugs, for he was the public executioner and the chemist of the place.

From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various

The office of public executioner or Jack Ketch of a canton in Switzerland, as well as in many parts of Germany, is very appropriately endowed.

From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick

Boz, however, seems to have felt himself called upon to act thus as public executioner on two occasions only. 

From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington