executioner

official that executes a condemned person
Intangible profession Q207651
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executioner

Summary

executioner is a profession[1]. executioner ranks in the top 2% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • executioner's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • executioner is a type of person linked to the law[4].
  • executioner is a type of civil servant[5].
  • executioner's Commons category is recorded as Executioners[6].
  • executioner's field of this occupation is recorded as capital punishment[7].
  • executioner's field of this occupation is recorded as execution[8].
  • executioner's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Executioners[9].
  • executioner's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • executioner's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • executioner's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • executioner's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • executioner's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[14].
  • executioner's main Wikidata property is recorded as P157[15].
  • executioner's different from is recorded as Kat[16].
  • executioner's different from is recorded as Executioner[17].
  • executioner's uses is recorded as executioner's sword[18].
  • executioner's uses is recorded as guillotine[19].
  • executioner's uses is recorded as electric chair[20].
  • executioner's uses is recorded as garrote[21].
  • executioner's has list is recorded as list of executioners[22].
  • executioner's female form of label is recorded as ekzekutistino[23].
  • executioner's female form of label is recorded as mortigistino[24].
  • executioner's female form of label is recorded as Scharfrichterin[25].
  • executioner's female form of label is recorded as תליינית[26].
  • executioner's female form of label is recorded as منفذة الاعدام[27].

Body

Definition and Type

executioner's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. Recorded subclass of include person linked to the law[4] and civil servant[5].

Influence

Things named for executioner include hangman's fracture[28] and Fleischer[29], a family name[30].

Why It Matters

executioner ranks in the top 2% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,280 views/month).[2] executioner has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] executioner is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for executioner include hangman's fracture[28] and Fleischer[29], a family name[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14871 → 69529
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14871]]: 69529"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → eco-social market economy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295470, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0399219-kati
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0399219-kati, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Uses → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Executioners
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16732, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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