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Noun: headman (headmen)  hed-mun
  1. An executioner who beheads the condemned person
    - headsman
     
  2. The head of a tribe or clan
    - tribal chief, chieftain, chief

Derived forms: headmen

Type of: executioner, leader, public executioner

Encyclopedia: Headman

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