as in leader
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
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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Recent Examples of headman
The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News.
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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
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
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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
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
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Senior Iranian officials have been meeting virtually to select a new supreme leader after the initial US-Israel strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – and his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is among a small handful of clerics tipped as likely successors.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Democrat Charles DeLoach is slated to become the next District 5 leader, replacing outgoing commissioner Laura Meier.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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Add in overtime hours, or being a foreman, and electricians can make closer to $200,000 a year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Bernie’s an engineer with the Highway Commission, Vic manages a supermarket bakery, and Don is a foreman at the Green Bay Packaging Corporation.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
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Mexico’s ability to co-host the World Cup has been under scrutiny after a surge in violence last week in the state of Jalisco following the military’s killing of a powerful cartel boss.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Film festival chiefs from around the world have signed a joint statement in support of Berlin Film Festival boss Tricia Tuttle, whose future will be debated at a meeting of its governing body tomorrow in Berlin.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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Brende is the second chief of the World Economic Forum run out by scandal, a bad look for a forum whose core mission is promoting global stability.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Paramedics in the area responded quickly, according to Robert Luckritz, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services chief.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Stars captain Jamie Benn 36 years old and a 17-year veteran in the NHL.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Previous deaths include Phil Harris, a captain of one of the ships featured on the show, who died after suffering a stroke while filming the show’s sixth season in 2010.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Still, a university spokesperson stressed that the project may change during the master planning process.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Capó-García moved to North Park from Northern California in 2013 when she was accepted into the creative writing master’s program at UC San Diego.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Israel's military said that top Iranian security officials were among those killed, including the country's defense minister, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the secretary of the Iranian Security Council, a close adviser to Khamenei.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2026
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Khamenei’s death could prompt Guard commanders or its regular military to seize power more overtly.—
Lee Keath,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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The tone and content of the materials described and submitted to the Interior Department by park managers vary widely, reflecting a mix of careful attempts to obey administration orders, confusion about what might violate them and, at times, apparent skepticism about the entire endeavor.—
Karin Brulliard,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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But Bjørn Kilburn, vice president and general manager of Google’s smartwatch software, said the company is paying attention to these new types of devices.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Headman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headman. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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