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Recent Examples of headsman
Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.
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Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
Once upon a time, the queen could have sent rebels to the Tower and the headsman’s block, even relatives—especially relatives.
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Matt Seaton,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Mar. 2021
The British prime minister has assembled a trio of headsmen to sever Britain from the mainland.
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Vanityfair.com,
VanityFair.com,
22 Mar. 2017
Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.
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David A. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2012
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
Once upon a time, the queen could have sent rebels to the Tower and the headsman’s block, even relatives—especially relatives.
—
Matt Seaton,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Mar. 2021
The British prime minister has assembled a trio of headsmen to sever Britain from the mainland.
—
Vanityfair.com,
VanityFair.com,
22 Mar. 2017
Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.
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David A. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headsman
Noun
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She was executed on May 27, 1541 by an executioner’s assistant, the executioner having been called away that day.
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In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
Noun
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The former cop also claimed to have found a hangman’s noose under Epstein’s mattress.
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Even-handed, compassionate, and as suffocatingly tense as a hangman's noose, Munich is Spielberg's most underrated film.
Noun
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Contact certain people about the debt Debt collectors are generally permitted to contact the executor, administrator or personal representative handling the estate.
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The digital replication right does not expire at a person’s death, and can be transferred and licensed by heirs, executors and others.
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This psychological thriller stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia struggling to track down his wife’s murderer using a system of tattoos and notes.
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Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.
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“Headsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headsman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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