headman
noun
head·man
Examples of headman in a Sentence
as headman at the newspaper 20 years ago, he hired the then-promising young reporter who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting
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After Mattias Samuelsson checked Kaprizov off the puck and cleared the zone, Filip Gustavsson alertly gathered the puck and made a long headman pass to Kaprizov to catch some tired penalty killers changing.
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
The New York Giants were the first team to have a head coach non-vacancy, with former Baltimore Ravens headman John Harbaugh taking his services to the Big Apple.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026
Even as Tennessee enjoyed a new coach bounce, scoring 10 points in what felt like 10 seconds for interim headman Mike McCoy, the Pats didn’t flinch.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
The New York Giants were the first team to have a head coach non-vacancy, with former Baltimore Ravens headman John Harbaugh taking his services to the Big Apple.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026
Even as Tennessee enjoyed a new coach bounce, scoring 10 points in what felt like 10 seconds for interim headman Mike McCoy, the Pats didn’t flinch.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Headman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headman. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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