noun Download 🔗Share A chief person; a head man Examples : "At the construction site, the headsman was responsible for coordinating all the different teams. " person job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation. Examples : "The king hired a skilled headsman to carry out the executions in the kingdom. " person job history action government law military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "In the old colliery, the headsman worked tirelessly, moving the coal from the mine face to the area where the horses could haul it away, often with a young "foal" helping him. " job work industry person technical agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One in command of a whaling vessel. Examples : "Captain Ahab, the headsman of the Pequod, was obsessed with hunting the white whale. " nautical job sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading