CARNIFEX

Etymology

Noun

carnifex (plural carnifexes)

(rare, literary) An executioner.

(rare, literary) A butcher.

Source: Wiktionary


Car"ni*fex, n. Etym: [L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make.] (Antiq.)

Definition: The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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