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Carnifex
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carnifex'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/carnifex.html. 1828.