What does headsman mean?
Definitions for headsman
ˈhɛdz mənheads·man
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Princeton's WordNet
headsman, headmannoun
an executioner who beheads the condemned person
Wiktionary
headsmannoun
An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Headsmannoun
Executioner; one that cuts off heads.
Etymology: head and man.
Rods broke on our associates bleeding backs,
And headsmen lab’ring ’till they blunt their ax? Dryden.
Wikipedia
headsman
An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who executes a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person.
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headsman
A headsman is an executioner who decapitates condemned individuals as a form of capital punishment, often with the use of an axe or a guillotine. This term is historically associated with past times when such acts were common, particularly in medieval Europe.
Webster Dictionary
Headsmannoun
an executioner who cuts off heads
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of headsman in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of headsman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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