Definition of "headsmen" [headsmen]

• Plural form of headsman. (noun)

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• "On likewise did they with the rest of the Wazirs and Olema and Notables, slaying them, one after other, till they made a clean finish. 165 Then the King called the headsmen and bade them ply sword upon all who remained of the folk of velour and stowre; so they fell on them and left none whom they knew for a man of mettle but they slew him, sparing only the proletaires and the refuse of the people."
• "FN#165] Then the King called the headsmen and bade them ply sword upon all who remained of the folk of velour and stowre; so they fell on them and left none whom they knew for a man of mettle but they slew him, sparing only the proletaires and the refuse of the people."
• "May God grant them wisdom and knoweledge to become true headsmen of them their home."