headsman

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There is the block; the headsman is at hand.

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  1. noun A public executioner who beheads condemned prisoners.

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  • He might yet find a job as a headsman, he supposed, but it would mean travel, extensive travel, to find such a post. —  Lawrence Watt-Evans - The Misenchanted Sword_v1.0
  • You dance across the surface of life and you mock those who have your best interests at heart while you present your necks for the headsman. —  Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free
  • Silence fell as the headsman and his warriors waited for more. —  Wraithbait
  • I returned my attention to the headsman, and he and his warriors looked like they were ready to drop me in a big pot with a bunch of veggies and dance around it chanting yumyumyumyum. —  Wraithbait
  • I glared at him, thought screw it, popped up, put three quick bullets in the rival headsman, and crouched back down without getting impaled. —  Wraithbait
 

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  1. from Middle English heddysman (def. 1); from head's, possessive of head, + man.
 

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/ˈhɛdzmən/
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