† bourreaun.

Forms: Also 1500s Scottish boreau, burreau, 1600s boureau: see also burrio n.

Etymology: In 16th cent. boreau, < Old French boreau (earlier borel), now bourreau, of uncertain origin: see Diez and Littré. Common, in many spellings in Scotch literature.

Obsolete.

An executioner, hangman, or torturer. Chiefly figurative.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman

boiec1320

hangman1393

hangerc1430

lockman1488

burrioc1540

bourreauc1550

burriourc1550

derrickc1600

passport-maker1602

topman1607

derrick-jastro?1609

verdugo1616

windpipe-stretcher1617

Gregorya1658

locksman1682

Ketch1685

Jack Ketch1696

finisher of the law1708

topsman1825

scrag-boy1843

scragger1897

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 That samyn boreau, is stikkit or hangit eftiruart for his cruel demeritis.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 The cruel inglis men..ar boreaus ande hang men permittit be god to puneis vs.

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. x. sig. Ccviii^v Covetousnes..is thordynarie torment and contynual bourreau that trobles the mynd of thold man.

c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 57 A tyranis..infamouse lyfe armes..his awin subiectis to becum his burreaux.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 203 Bludie burreaus and crewall buchars of Sathan.

c1720 M. Prior Viceroy in Poet. Wks. (1777) I. 127 The Bourreau did his worst.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bourreau
释义	† bourreaun. Forms: Also 1500s Scottish boreau, burreau, 1600s boureau: see also burrio n. Etymology: In 16th cent. boreau, < Old French boreau (earlier borel), now bourreau, of uncertain origin: see Diez and Littré. Common, in many spellings in Scotch literature. Obsolete. An executioner, hangman, or torturer. Chiefly figurative. ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 That samyn boreau, is stikkit or hangit eftiruart for his cruel demeritis. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 The cruel inglis men..ar boreaus ande hang men permittit be god to puneis vs. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. x. sig. Ccviii^v Covetousnes..is thordynarie torment and contynual bourreau that trobles the mynd of thold man. c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 57 A tyranis..infamouse lyfe armes..his awin subiectis to becum his burreaux. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 203 Bludie burreaus and crewall buchars of Sathan. c1720 M. Prior Viceroy in Poet. Wks. (1777) I. 127 The Bourreau did his worst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1550
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