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# headsman

«headsman» in Mova's school dictionary: **Old use: a man whose job was to behead people with an axe…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (headsmen)

### meaning for a pupil

Old use: a man whose job was to behead people with an axe or sword as a punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

old use, in old stories and fairy tales; in the lessons it names the person who carries out a death sentence

### examples

- The king sent for his headsman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#x1)
- The headsman stood ready with his axe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#x2)
- The prisoner was led to the headsman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «headsman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headsman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.