| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun headsman.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (headsman) | 1. An executioner who beheads the condemned person.[Wordnet]. 2. An executioner who cuts off heads.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HEADSMEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1795. (references) |
Specialty Definition: headsman
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] hed'sman. One that cuts off heads; an executioner.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation. (references) | ||
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| The Headsman (2005 film) | 5 | The Headsman (2005 film) | 5 | |
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