headman

Other forms of headman

plural

headmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about headman

What does headman mean?

headman means "an executioner who beheads the condemned person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in headman?

headman has 2 syllables: head-man. The stress falls on "head". In IPA it is /ˈhɛdmən/.

What is another word for headman?

Close synonyms include headsman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is headman a common word?

headman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.