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Headman

Headman Meaning & Definition
Headman Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Headman?

[n] the head of a tribe or clan
[n] an executioner who beheads the condemned person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Headman: chieftain | headsman | tribal chief

Related Terms | Find terms related to Headman: alderman | archon | auditor | bailie | Big Brother | boatswain | boss | burghermaster | burgomaster | cabinet member | cabinet minister | chancellor | chief | chieftain | city councilman | city father | city manager | cock | commissar | commissioner | comptroller | controller | councillor | councilman | councilwoman | county commissioner | county supervisor | elder | floor manager | floorman | floorwalker | foreman | gaffer | ganger | head | hierarch | honcho | induna | inspector | leader | legislator | lord mayor | magistrate | maire | master | mayor | minister | minister of state | monitor | noncommissioned officer | overman | overseer | portreeve | proctor | reeve | secretary | secretary of state | selectman | sirdar | slave driver | straw boss | subforeman | super | superintendent | supervisor | surveyor | syndic | taskmaster | undersecretary | visitor | warden

See Also | executioner | leader | pendragon | public executioner

Headman In Webster's Dictionary

\Head"man`\, n.; pl. {Headmen}. [AS. he['a]fodman.] A head or leading man, especially of a village community.

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