Hypertext Webster Gateway: "headsman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Headsman \Heads"man\, n.; pl. {Headsmen}.
An executioner who cuts off heads. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
headsman
n : an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: {headman}]
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