Headman
[hed-muh n, -man] /ˈhɛd mən, -ˌmæn/
noun, plural headmen
[hed-muh n, -men] /ˈhɛd mən, -ˌmɛn/ (Show IPA)
1.
a chief or leader.
2.
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/ˈhɛdmən/
noun (pl) -men
1.
(anthropol) a chief or leader
2.
a foreman or overseer
n.
“chief man, leader,” Old English heafodman; see head (adj.) + man (n.). Cognate with German Hauptmann “captain.”
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