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  1. Jack Ketchnoun

    a public executioner

  2. Jack Ketchnoun

    the gallows

  3. Jack Ketchnoun

    death

  4. Jack Ketchnoun

    the devil

  5. Etymology: From Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II.

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  1. Jack Ketch

    John Ketch (died November 1686), generally known as Jack Ketch, was an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II. He became famous through the way he performed his duties during the tumults of the 1680s, when he was often mentioned in broadsheet accounts that circulated throughout the Kingdom of England. He is thought to have been appointed in 1663. He executed the death sentences against William Russell, Lord Russell, in Lincoln's Inn Fields on 21 July 1683, and James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, on 15 July 1685, after the Monmouth Rebellion. Ketch's notoriety stems from "barbarity at the execution of Lord Russell, the Duke of Monmouth, and other political offenders".Because of his botched executions, the name "Jack Ketch" is used as a proverbial name for death, Satan and executioners.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jack Ketch

    a public executioner, or hangman

  2. Etymology: [Perh. fr. Jack, the proper name + Prov. E. ketch a hangman, fr. ketch, for catch to seize; but see the citations below.]

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  1. Jack Ketch

    John Ketch, generally known as Jack Ketch, was an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II. He became famous through the way he performed his duties during the tumults of the 1680s, when he was often mentioned in broadsheet accounts that circulated throughout the Kingdom of England. He is thought to have been appointed in 1663. He executed the death sentences against William Russell, Lord Russell, in Lincoln's Inn Fields on 21 July 1683, and James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, on 15 July 1685, after the Monmouth Rebellion. Ketch's notoriety stems from "his barbarity at the execution of Lord Russell, the Duke of Monmouth, and other political offenders." Because of his botched executions, the name "Jack Ketch" is used as a proverbial name for death, Satan, and executioner.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Jack Ketch

    The name formerly given to the common hangman, after Richard Jacquett, who owned the manor of Tyburn, where malefactors were executed previous to 1783.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jack ketch in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jack ketch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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