Synonyms of the word

headsman

• n. An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation.
• n. (mining, historical) A boy who was not strong enough to put on his own, and was thus assisted by a younger…

executioner

• n. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
• n. (archaic) executor.
• n. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

headman

• n. Alternative spelling of head man.
• n. (informal) headmaster.