headman

[ UK /hˈɛdmən/ ]
[ US /ˈhɛdmən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an executioner who beheads the condemned person
  2. the head of a tribe or clan
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How To Use headman In A Sentence

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  • Bosambo returned the messenger, with presents more valueless, and an assurance of friendship more sonorous, more complete in rhetoric and aptness of hyperbole, and when the messenger had gone Bosambo showed his appreciation of N'gori's love by doubling the guard about the Ochori city and sending a strong picket under his chief headman to hold the river bend. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country
  • In the spring of 1784 a Ute headman named Ignacio caught wind of a party of New Mexicans heading north to build a settlement on land the Utes claimed as their own.
  • In rural areas, patrilocal residence traditionally was the norm, and a homestead would include the headman, his wives, unmarried siblings, and married sons with their wives and children.
  • This message was delivered in church sermons, but also in the headman's addresses to the community.
  • The sarpanch (village headman) assured them that nothing will happen and took them to his house.
  • The headman invited a witchdoctor to cleanse his homestead and fortify him against evil forces.
  • The council consists of the headman, priest, village watchman, and four or five elders.
  • Nandgaon has managed to keep itself free from strife by the simple expedient of cutting off the road that leads to the village and adhering to the benevolent patriarchism wielded by its headman, Gopal Mundkur. The Financial Express
  • Bearded, with natural dignity and quiet authority, this reserved man soon earned the position of second headman.
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