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Headman

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of head man. alt-of, alternative

    "The headman entered the neighbor's house with his dog, and all the women ran into the rooms and closed the doors, and some of the curious little boys who wanted to see the headman's dog with their own eyes wisened up after the dag walked in, and they hurried up the yard's trees like cats."

  2. 2
    a male executioner who beheads the condemned person wordnet
  3. 3
    headmaster India, informal, rare

    "But then Nash speaks to the school headman on Josie's behalf and persuades him to admit my youngest son."

  4. 4
    a male head of a tribe or clan wordnet
  5. 5
    An executioner who beheads people.

    "My headman cast me in a blissful swoon, His axe cut off my cares from cumbered breast."

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