Значение

значений: 4

  1. An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.

    Scharfrichter

    a male executioner who beheads the condemned person

  2. (историческое)A labourer in a colliery who transports the coal from the workings to the horseway, and who is oftentimes assisted by a younger worker called a foal.

  3. One in command of a whaling vessel.

  4. (Шотландия, устаревшее)A chief person; a head man

Примеры

предложений: 2

  1. Yanni is the village headsman.

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  2. I wish the heartless headsmen who wanted to separate me from my family much misfortune!

    deIch wünsche den herzlosen Henker Unglück viel, die mich von meiner Familie trennen wollten!

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Переводы

языков: 2
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An executioner:

Происхождение

From Middle English heddysman, equivalent to head + -s- + -man. Cognate with Scots hedisma

From Middle English heddysman, equivalent to head + -s- + -man. Cognate with Scots hedisman, heidisman (“head man; chief; commander”). Compare also Danish høvedsmand (“captain”), Swedish hövitsman (“captain”), Icelandic höfuðsmaður (“captain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”).

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Формы

мн. число: headsmen
Ед. числоheadsman
Мн. числоheadsmen

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Синонимы

синонимов: 3
one who executes via decapitation:beheaderdecapitator
Близкие по смыслу
  • a male executioner who beheads the condemned person:headman

Уроки к слову

уроков: 1

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