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HEADSMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headsman mean?
• HEADSMAN (noun)
The noun HEADSMAN has 1 sense:
1. an executioner who beheads the condemned person
Familiarity information: HEADSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An executioner who beheads the condemned person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
headman; headsman
Hypernyms ("headsman" is a kind of...):
executioner; public executioner (an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant)
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