noun, masculine/bu.ʁo/plural: bourreaux
torturer; executioner, hangman (the person); individual who lives extravagantly
“L'abandonnerez-vous à l'infâme couteau / Qui fait choir les méchants sous la main d'un bourreau ?” — Would you abandon him to the infamous blade / Which makes the wicked fall under the headman's hand?
Synonyms: exécuteur, guillotineur, taule, tranche-tête
From bourrer (“to hit”).