headman

noun

1. （群体的）头人，首领，酋长
   the leader of a community
   1. the village headman
      村长

1. （村庄的）村长;（部落的）酋长，头人
   A headman is the chief or leader of a tribe in a village.

1. Headman ( Leadhand), Squad Leader, Group Leader.
   组长，小队长，小组长。
2. Until then, you are permitted to live as a guest in the headman's house and come and go as you please.
   在那之前，他允许你作为客人住在村长家里，出入自由，但是不得离开村庄。
3. Then the Headman called the People-far and near they came in flocks.
   头人召唤众人&远近人群聚于一处；
4. The Headman System of the Ladhulsi: The Tradition and Change under the Effect of the State
   拉祜西头人制度：传统与国家力量影响下的变迁
5. While in vast rural areas, the British colonist then preserved the dispute-settlement mechanism with intermediation as the core. Meanwhile, on the base of former dispute-settlement mechanism, the judicature function of village headman and district headman was enlarged.
   而在广大的乡村地区，英国殖民者则保留了那里的以调解为核心的纠纷解决机制，在既有的基础上发扬了村董和总董的司法功能。
6. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Tusi ( Headman) system and feudal system developed so powerfully that the governmental orders could not be performed, which is a serious threat to the administration over southwest frontier.
   经过明、清两代，土司制度逐渐发展强大；在封建割据下，朝廷政令不畅，严重威胁着中央政府对西南边疆的统治。

noun

1. the head of a tribe or clan

   Synonym:    tribal chiefchieftainchief

2. an executioner who beheads the condemned person

   Synonym:    headsman