Executioner

For other uses, see Executioner (disambiguation).
"Headsman" redirects here. For the film, see The Headsman. For the comic book character, see Headsman (comics).
Not to be confused with Executor.
Symbolic robed figure of a medieval public executioner at Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photograph (hand-coloured), original dated 1898, of the lord high executioner of the former princely state of Rewah, Central India, with large executioner's sword (Tegha sword)
Depiction of a public execution in Brueghel's The Triumph of Death 1562–1563
Stylised depiction of public execution of pirates in Hamburg, Germany, 10 September 1573

An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person.