bourreau
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Meanings
Noun
1. torturer
2. executioner, hangman (the person)
3. individual who lives extravagantly
Examples6
Hangmen also die!
Miroslav helped the executioner.
I'm your doctor, not your executioner.
I'd rather be hanged than be a hangman.
A person worse than the torturer exists: it's his assistant.
The executioner is responsible for doing the dirty work.