noun
- People who operate or use a guillotine (a machine for beheading or cutting materials).
Usage: Plural form of guillotiner.; Historical: often refers to executioners during the French Revolution.; Modern: can refer to operators of industrial cutting machines.
Examples
- During the French Revolution, the guillotiners carried out thousands of executions.
- The factory's guillotiners carefully aligned the metal sheets before cutting.
- Historical records documented the names of many guillotiners who worked in Paris.
- Modern guillotiners in printing facilities use automated machines for precision cutting.
- The guillotiners of that era became infamous figures in European history.