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headman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun headman has 2 senses
- headman(n = noun.person) headsman - an executioner who beheads the condemned person; Array is a kind of executioner, public executioner
- headman(n = noun.person) chief, chieftain, tribal chief - the head of a tribe or clan; Array is a kind of leader
has particulars: indian chief, indian chieftain, pendragon, glendower, owen glendower, hrolf, rolf, rollo
CIDE DICTIONARY
headman, n. [AS. heáfodman.].
A head or leading man, especially of a village community.
THESAURUS
headman
Big Brother, alderman, archon, auditor, bailie, boatswain, boss, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister, chancellor, chief, chieftain, city councilman, city father, city manager, cock, commissar, commissioner, comptroller, controller, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor, elder, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, gaffer, ganger, head, hierarch, honcho, induna, inspector, leader, legislator, lord mayor, magistrate, maire, master, mayor, minister, minister of state, monitor, noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, portreeve, proctor, reeve, secretary, secretary of state, selectman, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, syndic, taskmaster, undersecretary, visitor, warden
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