What does headsman mean?
Headsman means (obsolete or Scotland) A chief person; a head man.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete or Scotland) A chief person; a head man.
And of those base-minded jesters or buffons, some have beene seene, that even at the point of death would never leave their jesting and scoffing. He whom the heads-man threw off from the Gallowes cried out, ‘Row the Gally,’ which was his ordinarie by-word.
And made him Headsman, for we said, / "Who's next to be decapited / Cannot cut off another's head / Until he's cut his own off[…]"
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Headsman means (obsolete or Scotland) A chief person; a head man.
Common synonyms include beheader, decapitator, headman.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And of those base-minded jesters or buffons, some have beene seene, that even at the point of death would never leave their jesting and scoffing. He whom the heads-man threw off from the Gallowes cried out, ‘Row the Gally,’ which was his ordinarie by-word.
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