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headmen

headmen is the plural of headman.

Meaning of headman

Noun

headman (plural headmen)

  1. (India, informal, rare) headmaster
    • But then Nash speaks to the school headman on Josie's behalf and persuades him to admit my youngest son.1995, Evelyn Wilde Mayerson, Miami, page 203
  2. An executioner who beheads people.
    • My headman cast me in a blissful swoon, His axe cut off my cares from cumbered breast.2007, Decease Release, “Decease Release”, in Robert S. Miola, editor, Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources, page 197

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Questions about headmen

What is headmen the plural of?
Headmen is the plural of headman.

Words near headmen in the dictionary

  1. headmasters
  2. headmastership
  3. headmasterships
  4. headmate
  5. headmates
  6. headmen
  7. headmistress
  8. headmistress-ship
  9. headmistress-ships
  10. headmistresses
  11. headmistressly

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