headman

Example Sentences

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In 2016, a village headman who also doubled up as a driver, was taking around a team of University of Kerala archaeology students when he showed them the site.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

Saltwater had destroyed the ability of the 150 residents to grow crops, taking away livelihoods and food security, says former village headman Sailosi Ramatu.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2022

One of the members, Ram Prasad, a former village headman from an upper caste, said the initiative would break the taboo associated with the act.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022

The headman was a strikingly handsome, muscular man, wearing a beaded antelope hide tied over one shoulder, a pair of denim shorts and tire-tread sandals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2018

As a chief — or headman, as it was often known among the whites — my father was compelled to account for his stewardship not only to the Thembu king but to the local magistrate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela