headsman, headman
(noun) an executioner who beheads the condemned person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
headsman (plural headsmen)
(obsolete or Scotland) A chief person; a head man
An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
(mining, historical) A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.
(nautical) One in command of a whaling vessel.
• (one who executes via decapitation): beheader
Source: Wiktionary
Heads"man, n; pl. Headsmen (.
Definition: An executioner who cuts off heads. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
