English Explanatory Dictionary

beheader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who beheads or decapitates.

Word forms

beheader beheaders

Etymology

From behead + -er. Compare Middle English hedere, hevedare (“decapitator, executioner”).

Synonyms

decapitator headsman

Related words

behead header head
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