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headsman是什么意思

headsman

英 ['hedzmən] 美

n. 刽子手；坑内运煤工；捕鲸船船长

英文词源

headsman (n.): "executioner," c. 1600, from genitive of head (n.) + man (n.). Used earlier in sense "chief, leader" (c. 1400).