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headsman meaning in Urdu

جلاد

headsman in Urdu: جلاد. In English, headsman means a chief person; a head man.

Urdu words for headsman

جلاد

English meaning of headsman

  1. noun A chief person; a head man.
  2. noun An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
  3. noun A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.
  4. noun One in command of a whaling vessel.

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What is the meaning of headsman in Urdu?
Headsman in Urdu is جلاد.
headsman کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Headsman: جلاد.
What does headsman mean in English?
Headsman means a chief person; a head man.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: headsman (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: headsman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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