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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an executioner who beheads the condemned person;
[syn: headsman, headman]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

headsman
    n 1: an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn:
         headsman, headman]