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beul.

an executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bøːl/
  1. an executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments

    masculine
  2. a cruel person, in act or sadistic streak

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch buel, earlier buedel, from Old Dutch *budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz. Doublet of pedel.

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