"boia" meaning in Italian

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin boia.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "executioner"
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        "masculine"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Games",
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            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
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        {
          "english": "They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.",
          "ref": "1995, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini",
          "text": "Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.",
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        "villain, scoundrel"
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          "scoundrel",
          "scoundrel"
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        "invariable",
        "masculine"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔ.ja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boia"
}

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    "Italian masculine nouns",
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      "word": "boiata"
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin boia.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "hangman (word game)"
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        {
          "english": "They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.",
          "ref": "1995, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini",
          "text": "Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔ.ja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔja"
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  ],
  "word": "boia"
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