Examples of 'headmen' in a sentence
Meaning of "headmen"
Headman is a term used to refer to a leader or chief of a group or community, especially in tribal or traditional societies
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- plural of headman
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Village headmen are influential figures in their communities.
Every ho and ko unit were represented by an elected headmen.
The chiefs and headmen are appointed by an executive authority.
They are identified as landlords and village headmen.
Senior chiefs usually are headmen before being senior chiefs.
The headmen of the city arrive just after.
I had a talk with the headmen of.
Four headmen were allowed to each band instead of three.
In larger villages headmen held sway.
At the lowest level were the village headmen.
He asked local headmen to give him some land.
But traditional figures such as village headmen remain.
Forty thousand headmen could not make me change my mind.
Villages typically have headmen as rulers.
While those big headmen realize their shots have been taken over.
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Minor offenses are adjudicated by village headmen.
A school was established to train local headmen to administer their villages.
Districts have district chiefs and village level headmen.
Village chiefs or headmen usually have more than one wife.
The selection of conscripts was left to the local headmen.
No news yet just that all the headmen have been summoned to town.
The bill seeks to provide more powers to the headmen.
Some of these chiefs and village headmen can be made to part freely.
The headmen will be delegates of the chief within their respective boundaries.
I am speaking of the headmen.
Headmen held office as long as they enjoyed the confidence of the village elders.
Send out a call for all the village headmen to gather here.
The only way she could communicate with her people was through male councilors and headmen.
The kings may have dealt with local headmen of the districts directly.
At the level of the village these functions were performed by the village headmen.
The title broadly represented the category of village headmen irrespective of their hereditary background.
The earliest Duala merchants were likely chiefs or headmen.
The trained paralegals include village headmen and women who are also custodians of customary law.
The earliest Isubu merchants were likely chiefs or headmen.
These days a large and growing share of headmen and other villagers look after the forests.
Each of the four Shasta bands had individual headmen as well.
He is a member of the Headmen and fought with the Defenders on several occasions.
These Services are tasked with the protection of chiefs and headmen.
The minor headmen of the other compound villages of Sinaketa would never fill the rôle.
Each Collector could determine what powers to delegate to headmen in his district.
Dismissal of village headmen elected by the Syrian Arab population.
The Yaka society is organized into strong lineage group headed by elders and lineage headmen.
King Naresuan issued orders to all village headmen and the volunteer armies of various nations.
Chondu later joins the Headmen.
All Headmen under my leadership would gather at the source of the Zambezi.
The Aboriginal Peoples Act gives government officials the authority to confirm or remove headmen.
Headmen ofTantpura and Bhind.
There are five big headmen here, they are.
Well, my shoulders are stiff after seeing all those headmen.
In fact, those big headmen are of the same level.
