单词 | decapitator |
释义 | decapitatorn. 1. One who decapitates. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > one who beheads header1440 righter1483 headsman?1562 headman1631 decapitator1820 heading man1825 decollator1843 obtruncatora1864 1820 Examiner No. 630. 290/1 Disgust at the decapitators and pity for the beheaded. 1892 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 2 Feb. Mr. S. will be remembered as the official decapitator of fourth-class postmasters under President Cleveland. 2. Medicine. An obstetric instrument for decapitation of the fœtus. ΚΠ 1841 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. 453. 1882 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1820 |
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