"executioner," c. 1600, from genitive of head (n.) + man (n.). Used earlier in sense "chief, leader" (c. 1400).
head-piece
headquarters
head-rest
headroom
head-shrinker
headsman
headstone
headstrong
heads-up
headwaters
headway
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