head man

短语

词形变化

head men 复数 head men

别名

headman

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The person in charge of an organization, clan, tribe, or other group.

  2. 2.

    The leader of a village.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

headsman

上位词 5

man chief executioner chieftain tribal chief

词源

From Middle English heed man, from Old English hēafodmann (“leader; captain, head of a group”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann, equivalent to head + man. Cognate with Dutch hoofdman (“chief; chieftain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”), Swedish huvudman (“chief; principal; leader”). Compare also English headsman. Doublet of hetman.

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