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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhɛdɚ/; /ˈhɛdə/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|heder]], from [[m|enm|hed|t=head]] and [[-er]] (see [[head]]).^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who beheads, an executioner: the mid-15th century in Etymonline, 1432–50 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Most of its senses come from the verb ''head'' in its various meanings.^(OED 1989) One who removes the heads of fish is from 1623,^(OED 1989) and a reaping machine that cuts off only the heads of grain from 1874.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) A brick or stone laid with its end outward in a wall is a builder's sense, in Scottish and Cheshire dialect too.^(AHD)^(Wright 1898) A head-first dive or plunge is from 1849,^(Etymonline) and in football a pass or shot with the head by 1906.^(Etymonline) In printing and computing a header is a line of text at the top of each page or a block of data at the start of a file.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1432–50 – an executioner.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1623 – one who heads fish.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1849 – a head-first dive.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1874 – a heading machine.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1906 – a header in football.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(football)'' A shot or pass made with the head.^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A head-first dive or fall.^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Text placed at the top of each page of a document, or data at the start of a file or message.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A brick or stone laid with its end facing out of a wall.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A pipe or tank that supplies several smaller pipes.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[double-header]]

+ * [[triple-header]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[head]]

+ * [[heading]]

+ * [[footer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}