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    [Noun]  | "heads*man" | \ ˈhedz-mən \


    1: one that beheads : executioner


    Origin: circa 1562 ;

    [Noun]  | "headsman" 


    1: as in executioner, hangman;


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     [ "headsman" ]

    1: a member of a gang that carries out death sentences.

      * e.g.,  ... Ser Ilyn Payne AKA The King's Justice was the royal headsman for King Joffrey I Baratheon's court in the 'a song of Ice and Fire' saga. 


     [ "headsman" ]

    2: derived from medieval times, where a headsman would behead criminals or traitors in public executions.


     [ "headsman" ]

    3: see hitman, executioner

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