A person who performs electrocution, particularly the operator of an electric chair in capital punishment.
From 'electrocution' + '-er' (one who does). This grim term emerged in the 1890s-1900s alongside electric chair executions in the United States.
This horrifying job title shows how electric chairs created entirely new roles in society—executioners who were electricians, raising ethical questions about technology that still matter today in debates about automation and responsibility!
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