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headman

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: headman

1
n
the head of a tribe or clan
2
n
an executioner who beheads the condemned person
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: headman
1

n the head of a tribe or clan

Synonyms:
chief, chieftain, tribal chief
Examples:
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Owen Glendower
Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)
Hrolf
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
Makataimeshekiakiak
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
Cochise
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
Tashunca-Uitco
a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
Geronimo
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
Hiawatha
a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)
Chief Joseph
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
Keokuk
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
Massasoit
Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)
Wahunsonacock
Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)
Rain-in-the-Face
a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
Red Cloud
leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)
George Guess
Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
Sitting Bull
a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)
Types:
Indian chief, Indian chieftain
the leader of a group of Native Americans
pendragon
the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
sachem, sagamore
a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
Type of:
leader
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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n an executioner who beheads the condemned person

Synonyms:
headsman
Type of:
executioner, public executioner
an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
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