Definition of "head man" [head man]

• The person in charge of an organization, clan, tribe, or other group. (noun)

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• "He called Rooker, the head man in the printing department, and asked fiercely what man set the type for this printing, showing him the mistake."
• "I remember John Stewart was the head man with the doffers."
• "Dr. Dudley Carroll was the head man in the School of Business, and we were the second class, as I remember, to graduate."