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phrase used by Isaiah Berlin in "Hedgehog nad the Fox"...essay on Totstoy

what does the  word "bourreau" mean in the phrase "l'ami du bourreau" mean?

 

Thanks for assist.

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Permalink Reply by freebird on August 13, 2010 at 3:08am
bourreau，which means a headsman or an executioner.
Permalink Reply by thomas r griffin on August 16, 2010 at 8:11pm
Merci!

My old, but now lost, French-English dictionary may have had this word....but must be rare now.

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