Hypertext Webster Gateway: "headman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Headman \Head"man`\, n.; pl. {Headmen}. [AS. he['a]fodman.]
A head or leading man, especially of a village community.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
headman
n 1: an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: {headsman}]
2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: {tribal chief}, {chieftain}]
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