headsman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
headsman
    n 1: an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn:
         {headsman}, {headman}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Headsman \Heads"man\ (h[e^]dz"man), n.; pl. {Headsmen} (-men).
   An executioner who cuts off heads. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]
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