Noun: head man
| Singular | head man |
| Plural | head men |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like head man
whipman,
slaughterman,
seaman,
sawman,
saxman,
sanman,
headswoman,
kettleman,
given man,
skyman,
Manilaman,
boogyman,
brotherman,
beadman,
transgentleman,
baggageman,
first gentleman,
bedeman,
boothman,
hackneyman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English heed man, from Old English hēafodmann (“leader; captain, head of a group”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann, equivalent to head + man. Cognate with Dutch hoofdman (“chief; chieftain”), German Hauptmann (“captain”), Swedish huvudman (“chief; principal; leader”). Compare also English headsman. Doublet of hetman. See: Middle English Nouns '
heed man', Old English Nouns '
hēafodmann', Dutch Nouns '
hoofdman', German Nouns '
Hauptmann', Swedish Nouns '
huvudman'.