carnifex

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carnifex

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From Latin carnifex (“butcher”).

noun carnifexes · carnifices

archaic, historical An executioner. “[T]he carnifex, or executioner there, is brandishing his gulley ower near the King's face, seeing he is within reach of his weapon.”

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@misc{carnifex_2026,
  title = {carnifex},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carnifex},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}