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Hangman
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An executioner responsible for hanging criminals. countable
"One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands."
- 2 a male executioner who hangs the condemned person wordnet
- 3 Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc. countable, uncountable
"I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high […]."
- 4 A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows. uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man.
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