headman
pronunciation
How to pronounce headman in British English:
UK [ˈhedmæn]
How to pronounce headman in American English:
US [ˈhɛdmən, -ˌmæn]
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- Noun:
- an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- the head of a tribe or clan
Word Origin
- headman (n.)
- also head-man, "chief man, leader," Old English heafodman; see head (adj.) + man (n.). Cognate with German Hauptmann "captain."
Example
- 1. He is the headman of school basket ball team .
- 2. The headman of mvezo imagined a new kind of village -- a " place apart , " perhaps , but also a rural precinct fully representative of new national aspirations .
- 3. Super-be limpid have looked at this headman leg model younger sister cast light on .
- 4. He could only hope by the offer of more money to persuade the headman to carry out his agreement .
- 5. And the headman tells the villagers to give them food and let them stay at the mosque .