The head of a tribe or clan.
An executioner who beheads the condemned person.
1 The delegation led the visitors straight to the house of the headman .
2 The headman 's nephew came running from the huts, pointing out to sea.
3 We ate our lunch in the headman 's room in the village office.
4 Police said the headman was allegedly assaulted by the accused and died.
5 The headman of the village immediately despatched two messengers for the police.
6 I wonder what part he plays in all this, the Mamut - headman thought.
7 He took the Staff from the headman , struck the ground three times.
8 The headman is par excellence the judge of his family or ward.
9 Without their vigorous seconding the headman would have a hard time indeed.
10 The headman fell back and looked at Compton, who then stepped forward.
11 There's some medical nanonic packages in the village, the headman 's got some.
12 So I married Jeanrenaud, a good fellow, and headman on the salt-barges.
13 The Mamut - headman of the Mammoth Camp turned his attention back to Ayla.
14 Many of the guests were wiping streaming eyes; the headman was distracted.
15 In the silence the voice of the old headman was heard:
16 The admiring Camp left no doubt what they thought of their headman 's feat.
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