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What is the noun for headmen?

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headman
  1. Alternative spelling of head man
  2. (informal) headmaster
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The headman invited a witchdoctor to cleanse his homestead and fortify him against evil forces.”
      “The council consists of the headman, priest, village watchman, and four or five elders.”
      “Tribals worship spirits and are controlled by their headman who can be called a witch doctor, he said.”
headmastership
  1. The role or position of headmaster.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In September 1862, Haileybury opened its gates once again, this time as a public school, under the headmastership of the Reverend A G Butler.”
      “They would take up a topic like, maybe, guidance practices, or the principalship, or the headmastership.”
      “He had taken the headmastership of the privately funded Elgin Educational Institute, Ltd.”
headmaster
  1. (chiefly Britain) A male school principal.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And there is priceless support from Clive Merrison in the role of the rattily authoritarian headmaster.”
      “The school was recommended to King Hussein by an old friend, the former headmaster of Harrow.”
      “He had approached the headmaster in advance of the trial and was told that neither the children nor their parents wished to be involved.”
headmasterships
headmasters
  1. plural of headmaster
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    1. “Condemnation of the serial killer has been matched by criticism of the ineffective work of the local police and school headmasters.”
      “We requested participation from the headmasters of the 40 selected schools, and 39 headmasters responded affirmatively.”
      “An emergency meeting of Skipton school headmasters and managers met to discuss an outbreak of measles in the town.”
headmen
  1. plural of headman
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  3. Examples:
    1. “About 300 people, including the headmen of 10 communities and children and teachers from Coffee Bay schools, attended the function.”
      “Other peoples had military leaders, tribal chiefs, or headmen, but not officials.”
      “As in Cuba, Jamaica's inhabitants divided their island into provinces, each ruled over by a cacique assisted by village headmen or sub-chiefs.”
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