Headsman

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Headsman \Heads"man\ (h[e^]dz"man), n.; pl. {Headsmen} (-men).
     An executioner who cuts off heads. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  headsman
       n : an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: {headman}]