headman

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Recent Examples of headman For whatever reason, contract talks fell through leaving the NFL’s most prestigious franchise without a headman to begin their offseason. Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Jerry Jones’ relationship with Colorado Buffaloes headman Deion Sanders is documented, but hiring Coach Prime may only be considered if the Cowboys pivot off of Prescott and draft Deion’s son Shedeur Sanders. Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Jon Merrill came on for Bogosian and got caught flat-footed when Manson hit a headman pass to the blue line for O’Connor. Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 His father is the village sarpanch, or headman, and the family owns valuable farmland. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headman
Noun
  • Other world leaders in attendance included include UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Prince William, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Taking to his social media platform, Truth Social, on Thursday, April 24, Trump called out Russia’s leader over a deadly attack on Kyiv, Ukraine.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One, the foreman, is a gentleman who was born in the Dominican Republic and came to NYC in 1996.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Ben Ross had originally worked as a timber foreman under his enslaver, Anthony Thompson, a wealthy landowner in the county.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That was just a completely different life, and Lisa was also my boss.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Serve as their bosses’ guardian angels How the candidate interacts with our managers and my receptionist is important, as well.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fredrick Pugh, chief of response, Sector St. Petersburg, said in a statement on Monday.
    Darren Reynolds, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In a Kremlin meeting Saturday, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff for Russia’s armed forces, told Putin that Russian forces had retaken the Kursk region.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Jason Knight, the captain, typifies that with his attitude.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • At the time, the former zookeeper was worried about the couple's chances for the chaplain, warden and the captain to approve their paperwork.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Select one platform and master it rather than spreading yourself too thin.
    Vicky Owens, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Serendipitously, that car was owned by Disney master animator Ward Kimball, whom Gurr had met via a car enthusiast society, the Horseless Carriage Club.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • McRaven retired in 2014 as a four-star admiral and the ninth commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
    Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • A number of senior Russian commanders have been killed in Ukraine.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk started in business as a revenue assurance manager.
    Kirk W. McLaren, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Headman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headman. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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