headman
noun
head·man
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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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According to Matchroom headman Eddie Hearn, Stevenson tore a tendon in his hand.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
In December, 1639, several local Munsee headmen sold five hundred acres of land adjoining the river to Jonas Bronck, a Swede who had arrived on his own ship, the Fire of Troy.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The Muscogee Creek headman Tomochichi, for example, visited London in 1734 and expressed surprise that the British king lived in a palace with an unnecessarily large number of rooms.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Following orders to investigate drug use in Phetchabun province, the local sheriff and village headman in Bung Sam Phan subdistrict, some 150 miles north of Bangkok, poked around schools, factories and temples in search of drug addicts and dealers so they could be sent for rehabilitation.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
In December, 1639, several local Munsee headmen sold five hundred acres of land adjoining the river to Jonas Bronck, a Swede who had arrived on his own ship, the Fire of Troy.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The Muscogee Creek headman Tomochichi, for example, visited London in 1734 and expressed surprise that the British king lived in a palace with an unnecessarily large number of rooms.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Following orders to investigate drug use in Phetchabun province, the local sheriff and village headman in Bung Sam Phan subdistrict, some 150 miles north of Bangkok, poked around schools, factories and temples in search of drug addicts and dealers so they could be sent for rehabilitation.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
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“Headman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headman. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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