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# headsman

noun (headsmen)

«headsman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Old use: a man whose job was to behead people with an axe or sword as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#m1)

### In the lessons

old use, in old stories and fairy tales; in the lessons it names the person who carries out a death sentence

### Examples

- The king sent for his headsman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#x1)
- The headsman stood ready with his axe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#x2)
- The prisoner was led to the headsman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «headsman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«headsman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/headsman.html) on Mova free.