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headsman definition

heads·man (hedz′mən)

noun pl. headsmen -·men (-mən)

an executioner who beheads those condemned to die

Etymology: ME heddysman < heddys, hefdes (gen. of hede, heved, head) + man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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