Headsman

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA chief person; a head man

2.nounAn executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.

3.nounA labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.

4.nounOne in command of a whaling vessel.

Synonyms

beheader headman headling head man headmanship headmaster headship chief chiefe capitano band chief headmastership

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