deathsman
[ deths-muh n ]
/ ˈdɛθs mən /
noun, plural deaths·men. Archaic.
an executioner.
Words nearby deathsman
deathful,
deathless,
deathlike,
deathly,
deathplace,
deathsman,
deathtrap,
deathwatch,
deathy,
deattribute,
deattribution
Example sentences from the Web for deathsman
From his arms thou shalt start with horror, as from those of thy wronged father's betrayer,—perchance his deathsman!
The Last Of The Barons, Complete |Edward Bulwer-LyttonFlie lust, as the deathsman of the soule, and defile not the Temple of the holy ghost.
Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets |VariousNearer and nearer press the populace,—another moment, and the deathsman is defrauded.
Zanoni |Edward Bulwer Lytton