Carnifex

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carnifex \Car"ni*fex\, n. [L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere
     to make.] (Antiq.)
     The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the
     lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
     [1913 Webster]