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词汇 headsman
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Definition of headsman in English:

headsman

nounPlural headsmen ˈhɛdzmənˈhɛdzmən
historical
  • 1A man who was responsible for beheading condemned prisoners.

    (执行斩首的)刽子手

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mounting a stage before a roaring fire, she spent her last moments in great dignity, only to die at the hands of an incompetent headsman who missed her neck with his first stroke.
    • Set in the 16th century, it shows us the romantic life of a headsman, that is, the executioner who must chop people's heads off when they misbehave.
    • It is admirable that you accept a male paramoor in your household, but still, I would have been more stalwart and given the creature up to the headsmen.
    • Monmouth himself was captured, and executed by a headsman who botched his job.
    • With the braggart dash and swagger of the soldiers of fortune amongst whom Deutsch had served, the headsman presents the Baptist's head with exaggerated courtliness to Salome.
  • 2A person in command of a whaling boat.

    捕鲸船长

Rhymes

headsmen

Definition of headsman in US English:

headsman

nounˈhɛdzmənˈhedzmən
historical
  • A man who was responsible for beheading condemned prisoners.

    (执行斩首的)刽子手

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Monmouth himself was captured, and executed by a headsman who botched his job.
    • Mounting a stage before a roaring fire, she spent her last moments in great dignity, only to die at the hands of an incompetent headsman who missed her neck with his first stroke.
    • With the braggart dash and swagger of the soldiers of fortune amongst whom Deutsch had served, the headsman presents the Baptist's head with exaggerated courtliness to Salome.
    • Set in the 16th century, it shows us the romantic life of a headsman, that is, the executioner who must chop people's heads off when they misbehave.
    • It is admirable that you accept a male paramoor in your household, but still, I would have been more stalwart and given the creature up to the headsmen.
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