Meaning & use
headsman
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A person, historically, whose job was to carry out executions by beheading.
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The condemned prisoner was led to the block where the headsman waited.
In the museum exhibit, an executioner's axe once wielded by a royal headsman was on display.
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The headsman's role was often hereditary or highly specialized, since a clean beheading required considerable skill.
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