The Collaborative International Dictionary
Headsmen
Headsman \Heads"man\ (h[e^]dz"man), n.; pl. Headsmen (-men).
An executioner who cuts off heads.
--Dryden.
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headsmen
n. (plural of headsman English)
Usage examples of "headsmen".
In that grand order of battle in which Captain Ahab would probably marshal his forces to descend on the whales, these three headsmen were as captains of companies.
The crowd was happy in its anticipation of what would happen, but as time dragged on and the mayor made no sign to the headsmen to put their torches to work, it grew restive.
Stygg was hardly the most expert of headsmen, and Benfred had a neck thick as a boar's, heavy with muscle and fat.