Carnifex definitions

carnifex

executioner
Found on http://phrontistery.info/c.html

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Carnifex

• (n.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
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Carnifex

Car'ni·fex noun [ Latin , from caro , carnis , flesh + facere to make.] (Antiq.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/27

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Carnifex

archaic or obsolete terms > Occupations:Butcher.
Found on http://www.skyscript.co.uk/glossarytt.html

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carnifex

carnifex (s), carnificis (pl) 1. The public executioner at Rome, who executed people of the lowest social status (not Roman citizens); thus, an executioner or hangman. 2. Carnifex comes from Latin caro, carnis, 'flesh' and facere, 'to make.' This word is also used as a term of reproach; either as 'murderer, tormentor', or 'scoundrel'.
Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/381/

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