Definition of Headmen

1. Noun. (plural of headman) ¹

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Definition of Headmen

1. headman [n] - See also: headman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headmen

headlock
headlocks
headlong
headlongness
headlongs
headloss
headly
headman
headmark
headmarks
headmaster
headmasterly
headmasters
headmastership
headmasterships
headmen (current term)
headmistress
headmistress-ship
headmistress-ships
headmistresses
headmistressship
headmistressships
headmost
headmould shot
headmouths
headnote
headnotes
headpan
headpans

Literary usage of Headmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago by Alleyne Ireland (1907)
"The Deputy Commissioner will headmen ana their .,, mu -TV , n • • -11 inform the headman as to the limits of headmen do not receive fixed salaries. ..."

2. In Darkest Africa; Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... headmen and their raids—Remedy for preventing wholesale devastations — Crusade preached by Cardinal Lavigerie — Our Zanzibar chiefs—Anxiety respecting ..."

3. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush by George Scott Robertson (1896)
"... headmen—The 5th of September; an exciting day—Extracts from diary—The successful ... on the 3rd of September, there were no Kam headmen to meet me, ..."

4. Report on the Dutch Records in the Government Archives at Colombo: With by Richard Gerald Anthonisz, Ceylon Government Archivist (1907)
"Acts of Appointment of Native headmen, 1756. Appointments, Titles, and Ranks conferred on individuals, 1760. Acts of Native Appointments, 1763. ..."

5. Village Life in China: A Study in Sociology by Arthur Henderson Smith (1899)
"... XXI VILLAGE headmen ANY of the phenomena of village life which we shall have occasion to notice, are instances of the Chinese talent for cooperation. ..."

6. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... headmen and their raids—Remedy for preventing wholesale devastations — Crusade preached by Cardinal Lavigerie — Our Zanzibar chiefs—Anxiety respecting ..."

7. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"LOCAL headmen, and I'h. xxvi. LOCAL REGISTRARS. From the Morning Chronicle, IMI Aprii, 1830. " In the Appendix to a work just published, by Lieut. ..."

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