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8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
originFrom Middle English heddysman, equivalent to head + -s- + -man. Cognate with Scots hedisman, heidisman (“head man; chief; commander”). Compare also Danish høvedsmand (“captain”), Swedish hövitsman (“captain”), Icelandic höfuðsmaður (“captain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- ashamed 13
- headman 13
- emdash 12
- mashed 12
- shamed 12
- ashame 11
- ashman 11
- ashmen 11
- shaman 11
- anadems 10
- maenads 10
- endash 10