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Meaning of headswoman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A female headsman; a female executioner that carries out executions by decapitation.
  2. (obsolete) A midwife.
    East-Anglia

Examples

“No candid person will wholly dismiss the proposition that the idea of having a Lord Chancellor but not a Lady Chancellor may at least be connected with the idea of having a headsman but not a headswoman, a hangman but not a hangwoman.”
“HEADSWOMAN, s. a midwife. It would be presumptuous to pry into obstetric mysteries, to discover⟳ the origin or propriety of this denomination.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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headteacher headterm headtire headtorch headtracking headtube

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