Usually means: Executor of judicial capital punishment.
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  1. deathsman: Merriam-Webster
  2. deathsman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. deathsman: Collins English Dictionary
  4. deathsman: Wordnik
  5. deathsman: Wiktionary
  6. deathsman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. deathsman: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Deathsman, deathsman: Dictionary.com
  9. Deathsman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. deathsman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Deathsman: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. deathsman: FreeDictionary.org
  13. deathsman: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deathsman)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.

Similar:
deadman, executor, manslaughter, executioner, manslaught, sitheman, murderment, decedent, defunction, Lethe, more...

Opposite:
lifesaver, rescuer, savior

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Similar:
deadman, executor, manslaughter, executioner, manslaught, sitheman, murderment, decedent, defunction, Lethe, more...

Opposite:
lifesaver, rescuer, savior



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