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miquiztequipane.

Headword: 
miquiztequipane.
Principal English Translation: 

someone who is very cruel, who tormented and punished many without mercy, or someone who executed the penalty of a convicted person (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

miquiztequipane. verdugo, o sayon.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 57r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment