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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bearded, with natural dignity and quiet authority, this reserved man soon earned the position of second headman .
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In the area traversed, over three hundred village headmen gave up their government jobs.
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It now remained to be seen whether this headman would be able to hand us over to another in Bahdu.
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Murrells concluded by announcing the appointment of three new headmen chosen by himself and asking if there were any complaints.
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Some officials relied on the evidence of headmen; others believed that the intrigues of headmen were a major cause of crime.
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The influence of government agents and chief headmen, on the wane since 1920, declined still further.
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Very often cattle owners negotiated with the thieves, usually through intermediaries, who were sometimes village headmen.