headman
/ˈhɛdmən
/noun (plural headmen)
The chief or leader of a community or tribe.This is where community leaders such chiefs, headmen and indeed agricultural extension officers need to step in and carry out a massive education campaign....
- All land was owned and allocated by the king through chiefs and headmen.
- It is based on the traditional model of Lakota government, where the headman of each band represented the band's tribe, and the headman of each Lakota tribe represented the Greater Sioux Council.
Synonyms
chief, chieftain, leader, ruler, head, overlord, master, commander, suzerain, seigneur, lord, liege, liege lord, potentate;
among American Indians sachem
Rhymes
- sign of the times
- sign on
- Signor
- Signora
- Signore
- signoria
- signorial
- Signorina
- signory
- sign painter
- signpost
- signpostless
- sign process
- sign situation
- sign someone in (or out)
- sign someone off
- sign someone on
- sign someone up
- sign something away/over
- sign something out
- sign speech
- sign stimulus
- sign symbol
- sign system
- sign talk