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How to use headman in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Headman means headmaster. Example: “But then Nash speaks to the school headman on Josie's behalf and persuades him to admit my youngest son.”

Examples of headman by meaning

nounHeadmaster.

  • 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
  • The Headman and the Principal of the school have taken care that the children do not learn anything and that education does not make any progress in this region.2005, Narain Roop Sonker, Poisonous Roots, page 20
  • Teachers were in the playground and our school Headman, Mrs.2015, Piyush Arora, My Childhood Love Story, page 38

nounAn 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
  • Their axe was a replica of one which belonged to Magdeburg's headman —famous executioner Wilhelm Riedel.2020, Beata Gontarczyk-Krampe, Notmsparker's Second Berlin Companion

More sentences with headman

  • These chiefs, or headmen, likewise compose the assemblies of the nation, into which the warwomen are admitted.2007, Henry Timberlake, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake, Museum of the Cherokee Indian Press, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry warwoman
  • These last ones are something between a village headman and an overchief.1929, P. O. Bodding, Santal Folk Tales, Volume 3, Williams & Norgate Limited, page 281. From the entry overchief
  • A headman of a village, called a Chaudhary or a Malik, would wear a Turra or a ridge on his turban.2003, Tejwant Singh, The Bold Brave and Fearless, page 269. From the entry turra
  • Bishop had praised their contented lives and attributed this situation to the good leadership of their elected headmen.1991, Vipan Chandra, “Korean Human-Rights Consciousness in an Era of Transition: A Survey of Late Nineteenth-Century Developments”, in…. From the entry émigré
  • At the time of Fei’s study, Kaihsienkung had two headmen.[1958, Elman R. Service, Profiles in Ethnology, Harper & Row, published 1963, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 451. From the entry Kaixiangong
  • All classes are mentioned, village headmen, overchiefs, tenants and countryheadmen.1929, P. O. Bodding, Santal Folk Tales, Volume 3, Williams & Norgate Limited, page 281. From the entry overchief
  • In many mirasdari areas, there were no hereditary village headmen and the mirasdars as a group performed their functions, such as collecting the land revenue.1983, Tapan Raychaudhuri, The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume 2, C.1751-c.1970. From the entry mirasdar
  • Headmen were selected on a rotation basis in Shansi but served indefinitely in Hopei and Shantung until illness or dissatisfaction with their responsibilities forced retirement.1970, Ramon H. Myers, The Chinese Peasant Economy Agricultural Development in Hopei and Shantung, 1890-1949, Cambridge, Massachusetts…. From the entry Shansi
  • "I was a headman among 'em."1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 30. From the entry head man

Meaning of headman

  1. noun Headmaster.
  2. noun An executioner who beheads people.

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Questions about headman in a sentence

How do you use headman in a sentence?
Headman is used as a noun. For example: “But then Nash speaks to the school headman on Josie's behalf and persuades him to admit my youngest son.”
What is a short sentence with headman?
“"I was a headman among 'em."”
What does headman mean?
Headman means headmaster.

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