Headswoman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headswoman is a noun meaning A female headsman; a female executioner that carries out executions by decapitation.
Meaning
A female headsman; a female executioner that carries out executions by decapitation.
More Meanings
- (East Anglia) (obsolete) A midwife.
Example Sentences
HEADSWOMAN, s. a midwife. It would be presumptuous to pry into obstetric mysteries, to discover the origin or propriety of this denomination.
No candid person will wholly dismiss the proposition that the idea of having a Lord Chancellor but not a Lady Chancellor may at least be connected with the idea of having a headsman but not a headswoman, a hangman but not a hangwoman.
Word Forms
- headswomen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beheader, decapitator, executioneress, headhunter, beheadee, executrix.
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