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Definition: Headman |
HeadmanNoun1. An executioner who beheads the condemned person. 2. The head of a tribe or clan. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "headman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
Note: Headman \Head"man`\, noun; plural Headmen. [Anglo-Saxon he['a]fodman.]. (references) |
Synonyms: HeadmanSynonyms: chieftain (n), headsman (n), tribal chief (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Headman |
| English words defined with "headman": Headmen, Hetman. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "headman": Ataman. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Rights | Bhutan | The name put to villagers for consensus approval by the headman is suggested to him by district officials, who in turn take their direction from the central Government. (references) |
Bhutan | Human rights activists claim that the only time individual citizens have any involvement in choosing a National Assembly representative is when they are asked for consensus approval of a village candidate by the village headman. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Headman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.88% of the time. "Headman" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.88% | 62 | 42,755 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.13% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 64 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "headman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Headman | Last name | 170 | 43,532 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "headman": ex-headman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
headman header | 111 |
headman | 20 |
headman hedders | 7 |
exhaust headman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "headman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | udhëheqës (chief, chieftain, conductor, directive, director, directory, fugleman, guide, heuristic, instructor, leader, manager, managing, mentor, organizer, supervisor), prijës (cacique, chief, chieftain, head, leading), kryetar (chairman, chairperson, chief, chieftain, coryphaeus, director, elder, governor, head, leader, moderator, president, principal, ringleader, speaker, standard bearer). (various references) | |
Arabic | الزعيم (leader, strong man, top dog), رئيس العمال (foreman). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | старши (doyen, elder, head, major, premier, ranking, senior, superior), главатар (chieftain, head). (various references) | |
Czech | předák (chief, foreman, gang boss, headsman). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشوا (Leader, Primate, Rector, Van), سرپرست (Attendant, Caretaker, Overseer, Protector, Supervisor, Warden), رءیس (Administer, Arch, Chairman, Chief, Dean, Director, Head, Header, Headmaster, Master, Premier(Re), President, Principal, Provost, Regent, Ruler, Sheikh, Warden), بزرگتر (Elder, Major, Paramount, Senior), بزرگ (Adult, Arch, Big, Bulky, Egregious, Enormous, Extensive, Extra, Grand, Grave, Great, Gross, Jumbo, Large, Lofty, Majestic, Major, Massive, Mighty, Sizable, Sizeable, Swith, Vast, Voluminous). (various references) | |
French | chef (head). (various references) | |
German | Führer (captains, commander, conductor, driver, father, guard, guide, guidebook, guides, head, leader, leaders, operator, pilot). (various references) | |
Greek | αρχηγόσ (captain, chief, chieftain, commander, head, pendagon, principal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vezetõ ember, törzsfőnök (chieftain, headmen), előmunkás (foreman, head workman, headmen). (various references) | |
Indonesian | datuk. (various references) | |
Italian | guida (conductor, courier, direction, directory, drive, driving, guidance, guide, guidebook, guided tour, handbook, headmen, lead, leader, leadership, manager, mentor, runner, scoutmaster), capo (article, boss, Cape, chief, chieftain, employer, end, foreland, head, headland, item, leader, Lord, master, naze, Ness, overman, ply, ringleader, top). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 郡長 (district headman, head county official), "長 (town headman), "長 (town headman), 区長 (ward headman), 庄屋 (village headman), 村長 (village headman), 村長 (village headman), 名主 (village headman). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なぬし (village headman), しょうや (village headman), そ"ちょう (esteem, one's seniors, one's superiors, regard, respect, village headman), ぐ"ちょう (combat commander, district headman, head county official), くちょう (expression, tone, ward headman), ちょうちょう (butterfly, clashing of swords, felling of trees, major key, ringing of an ax, town headman). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eadmanhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chefe (authority, boss, chef, chief, chief-, chieftain, cock-a-doodle-doo, commander, commander-in-chief, command-in-chief, compere, conductor, conservator, controller, director, employer, father, fugleman, governor, head, kingpin, leader, master, prince, principal, proprietor, ringleader, sirdar), cabea (head). (various references) | |
Romanian | cãpetenie (chief, chieftain, commander, head), şef (boss, cap, captain, chairman, chief, chieftain, foreman, governor, great gun, head, header, leader, manager, master, president, principal, ringleader, superior). (various references) | |
Russian | старший рабочий, вождь (chieftain, head, leader, party leader, sachem, sagamore, standard-bearer). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poslovođa (manager, overman), poglavica (chief, chieftain). (various references) | |
Spanish | jefe (bellwether, boss, chef, chief, chieftain, foreman, guv, head, leader, manager, master, minister, oc, officer, president, scoutmaster, superior), guiador (headmen, manager, scoutmaster), director (chief executive, collocutor, conductor, director, editor, editress, executive, governor, guv, head, leader, leading, manager, master, officer, president, principal, provost, rector). (various references) | |
Swedish | hövding (chief, chieftain), förman (boss, foreman, gaffer, overman, overseer, superior, supervisor). (various references) | |
Thai | เพชฌฆาตที่ประหารนักโทษ, หัวหน้ากลุ่ม. (various references) | |
Turkish | yönetici (administrator, boss, controller, director, executive, governor, head, intendant, manager, overseer, ruler, supervisor), ustabaşı (captain, foreman, headworker, hurrier, journeyman, master builder, overman), lider (apostle, Archpriest, captain, conductor, fugleman, fuhrer, head, leader), kumandan (commandant, commander, warlord), şef (captain, chef, chief, clerk, commander, gaffer, general, guv, guvnor, head, principal, supervisor, taskmaster, top dog). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старший робітник, кат (butcher, cat, executioner, hanger, hangman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thủ lĩnh (chief, chieftain, father-figure), tù trưởng (sheik, sheikh), tộc trưởng thợ cả, người cầm đầu (captain, flag-waver), đốc công. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Headman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beadman, deadman, Hadman, haemal, hardman, heaume, Hedeoma, Hedman, Heimann, Heisman, Hidaka, Horadam, Hradcany, Huisman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "headman" (pronounced he"dmun) |
| 4 | -d m u n | adman, admen, Badman, Boardman, Freedman, Goodman, Herdman, Landman, madmen, Rodman, Woodman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, gunman, hangman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-m-n" | |
-1 letter: anadem, maenad. | |
-2 letters: aahed, adman, admen, ahead, amend, daman, maned, menad, named. | |
-3 letters: ahem, amah, amen, dame, damn, dean, hade, haed, haem, haen, hame, hand, head, made, mana, mane, mead, mean, mend, nada, name, nema. | |
-4 letters: aah, aha, ama, ana, and, ane, dah, dam, den, edh, end, had, hae, ham, hem, hen, mad, mae. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-m-n" | |
+1 letter: handmade, headsman. | |
+2 letters: deathsman, manhandle, unashamed. | |
+3 letters: chairmaned, handmaiden, machinated, maidenhair, maidenhead, manhandled, manhandles. | |
+4 letters: chairmanned, handmaidens, maidenhairs, maidenheads, mastheading, unashamedly. | |
+5 letters: rhabdomancer. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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