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

The dignity attached to the military profession, and the indignity of the office of public executioner, are capricious, arbitrary, and sentimental.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

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

Often have I felt that I would rather grow cabbage, like Cincinnatus, than be the public executioner of usurpations, monopolies, and other abuses. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)