headsman
/hedz-muhn/US // ˈhɛdz mən //UK // (ˈhɛdzmən) //
负责人,掌门人,领导人,校长
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural heads·men.
- : a public executioner who beheads condemned persons.
Examples
Maybe this hip-hop headsman really is the man in black with the little knife in the film.
As that other voice of his was worthier a headsman than a head when he wished the people of Rome had but one neck.
Now the time is up,” bawled the King; “come hither, headsman, and take off his head.
I have seen the axe fall, the axe which I put into the headsman's hands.
Now let me tell you that if I am not allowed to get to the Prince's heart yet I will stand in the way of the headsman's sword.
There is a hush—a stillness of the grave—for the very headsman trembles as the horrible blade falls—anon, a moment's delay.
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