headsman
/ˈhɛdzmən
/noun (plural headsmen) historical
1A man who was responsible for beheading condemned prisoners.Set in the 16th century, it shows us the romantic life of a headsman, that is, the executioner who must chop people's heads off when they misbehave....
- With the braggart dash and swagger of the soldiers of fortune amongst whom Deutsch had served, the headsman presents the Baptist's head with exaggerated courtliness to Salome.
- Monmouth himself was captured, and executed by a headsman who botched his job.
2A person in command of a whaling boat.
Rhymes
- Mariotte's bottle
- Mariotte's flask
- Mariotte's law
- Mariotte's tube
- Mariotte tube
- mariposa lily
- mariposa tulip
- mariposite
- mariscos
- marish
- marismas
- Maris Piper
- Maris, Roger
- Marist
- Marist Brother
- Marist Father
- marital
- marital aid
- marital bed
- marital home
- maritally
- marital rape
- marital status
- marital therapy
- mariticidal