Definitions for headman

headman head·man

Spelling: [hed-muh n, -man]
IPA: /ˈhɛd mən, -ˌmæn/

Headman is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in headman (aadehmn).

Definitions for headman

noun

  1. a chief or leader.
  2. headsman.

Origin of headman

before 1000; Middle English he(ve)dman, Old English hēafodman. See head, man1

Examples for headman

The headman did not know where he was gone, but there are plenty of trees.

The towns, too, were divided into quarters, and each quarter had its headman.

More and more stretches the distance between the bwana and his headman.

You came straight down from the king and governor to the village and its headman.

All attempts of the headman and elders to restrain him were useless.

Shortly afterwards the headman came to say that his daughter had also disappeared.

So for the present Xenophon went off, taking the headman back with him to his household and friends.

Then, as the headman hurried up: "Get me the box of medicines, quick!"

The headman, they insisted everywhere, must accept as a present whatever he liked to have.

Now the headman was afraid to do anything, for fear of the great government.

Word Value for headman
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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