Yanni is the village headsman.
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Headsman
Synonyms for "headsman" (5 found)
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6 entriescapital punishmentdecapitation actheadsman dutiesheadsman's axemedieval executionerpublic beheading
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And of those base-minded jesters or buffons, some have beene seene, that even at the point of death would never leave their jesting and scoffing. He whom the heads-man threw off from the Gallowes cried out, ‘Row the Gally,’ which was his ordinarie by-word.
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And made him Headsman, for we said, / "Who's next to be decapited / Cannot cut off another's head / Until he's cut his own off[…]"
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