People whose job was to carry out death sentences, officially and legally, during historical times.
From 'executioner' (one who executes), derived from Latin 'executio' (carrying out) and 'executus' (completed), from 'exsequi' meaning to carry out fully.
In medieval Europe, executioners were actually respected craftspeople with strict guilds and apprenticeships—they needed precision for their work and were paid decent wages by the nobility!
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