headsman
英 ['hedzmən]
美
- n. 刽子手；坑内运煤工；捕鲸船船长
英英释义
- 1. an executioner who beheads the condemned person
英文词源
- headsman (n.)
- "executioner," c. 1600, from genitive of head (n.) + man (n.). Used earlier in sense "chief, leader" (c. 1400).
词态变化
复数: headsmen;