headsman in English
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1
a man who was responsible for beheading condemned prisoners.
Set in the 16th century, it shows us the romantic life of a headsman , that is, the executioner who must chop people's heads off when they misbehave.
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1. The clean strike, confirmed by an examination of the king's body at Windsor in 1813, suggests that the execution was carried out by an experienced headsman.