Headsman

The coward and the tyrant call the headsman at any provocation, and fall to him the same, Inaglione had written. ❋ Liane Merciel (2010)

The executioner who is called a headsman then walks forward approaching the chair from the rear. ❋ Various (N/A)

'Henceforward you shall no longer be called the headsman, but the last of the judges.' ❋ Various (N/A)

A whale-boat, when going in chase, has a crew of six men: one is called the headsman, the other the boat-steerer. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

The speed with which he cleared the service of Democrats earned him the title "headsman" and is indicated by the estimate that he removed one every three minutes for the first year. ❋ Charles Ramsdell Lingley (N/A)

It was let down to the ground, and there came the "headsman," whose task it was to sever the head, with two or three swift strokes. ❋ Upton Sinclair (1923)

That is, instead of the sailors being divided at night into two bands, alternately on deck every four hours, there were four watches, each composed of a boat's crew, the "headsman" (always one of the mates) excepted. ❋ Herman Melville (1855)

The "headsman," taking the part of conductor, pushes behind. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

"Gobseck is a banker, just as the headsman is a doctor. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

( "headsman," hence by implication "executioner") of the word rewwas, although I cannot find an instance of the word being employed in this sense. ❋ John Payne (1879)

If Mary succeeds in seducing the earl into her own web of treachery and treason, or if the great spymaster William Cecil links them to the growing conspiracy to free Mary from her illegal imprisonment, they will all face the headsman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has twenty pounds in it, to pay the headsman for his service and distribute alms to the poor. ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

The headsman held up his hand and spoke carefully in labored English. ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

Then the headsman pointed to a boy standing at the top of the stairs and said loudly, Boy! ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

At that, the headsman, holding his ax, kneeled before More and clasped his hands. ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

Then Anne glanced back toward the headsman to see if he was ready to strike. ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

The headsman was weary but relieved at last to have reached his destination, though the hour was very late. ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

“And what is the headsman to be paid, if he ever arrives?” ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

He stepped onto the blood-soaked scaffold and tried to fall before the headsman to beg, Kill me now, please, do your duty for the love of God! ❋ Elizabeth Massie (2010)

Ser [Ilyn] Payne AKA The King's Justice was the royal headsman for King [Joffrey] I [Baratheon's] court in the 'a song of Ice and Fire' saga. ❋ Tengu (2007)