Usually means: Executioner or public official, ancient.
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  1. carnifex: Merriam-Webster
  2. carnifex: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Carnifex, carnifex: Wordnik
  4. carnifex: Wiktionary
  5. Carnifex: Dictionary.com
  6. Carnifex (band), Carnifex (disambiguation), Carnifex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Carnifex: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. carnifex: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Carnifex: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. carnifex: FreeDictionary.org
  11. carnifex: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Carnifex: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. CARNIFEX, CARNIFEX, CARNIFEX: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

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  1. Carnifex: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (carnifex)

▸ noun:  (now rare, historical) An executioner.

Similar:
carnitarian, carnivoracity, carnivore, scavenger, carnivority, hypercarnivore, megacarnivore, carnid, meateater, glutton, more...

Phrases:
Thylacoleo carnifex, Polistes carnifex, Battle of Carnifex Ferry, more...

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Similar:
carnitarian, carnivoracity, carnivore, scavenger, carnivority, hypercarnivore, megacarnivore, carnid, meateater, glutton, more...

Phrases:
Thylacoleo carnifex, Polistes carnifex, Battle of Carnifex Ferry, more...



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