Definition of Headsmen

1. Noun. (plural of headsman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headsmen

1. headsman [n] - See also: headsman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headsmen

headshakes
headshaking
headshell
headshells
headship
headships
headshot
headshots
headshrinker
headshrinkers
headshunt
headshunts
headslapper
headslappers
headsman
headsmen (current term)
headspace
headspaces
headspin
headspins
headspring
headsprings
headstall
headstalls
headstamp
headstamps
headstand
headstands
headstart
headstarts

Literary usage of Headsmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet (1863)
"By the more sacrilegious of its essays this convict university of witches, shepherds, and headsmen, emboldened the other, obliged its rival to study. ..."

2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1870)
"On each landing arc what look like two gigantic headsmen, in flaming scarlet and ... The headsmen on the landing keep their eyes fixed right upon you, ..."

3. St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1861)
"On each landing are what look like two gigantic headsmen, in flaming scarlet and ... The headsmen on the landing keep their eyes fixed right upon you, ..."

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