We have a sort of P.T.A. now with the local headmen.

They lived in a simple society and were ruled by local headmen.

Their climbing team included two local headmen, nine porters, a cook, and a guide.

She might have to convince the local headman that he needed a raven-haired concubine, but that wouldn't stop her.

In most districts there were factions opposed to local headmen.

While there the local headman (Hordern) suffers from appendicitis.

Upon his arrival, he asked local headmen to give him land where he could build an office.

Five men on battered motorcycles pulled up at this roadside village from a nearby town and summoned the local headman.

His immediate mission: to find out who the local headman is and make his way to that house.

Today there is usually a local headman, who is directed by a council of elders and who represents his constituency in regional politics.