hangman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
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.

/ˈhæŋˌmæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hangman.wav /ˈheɪ̯ŋˌmeə̯n/ /ˈhɛ̃ŋˌmɛə̯n/

hangman hangmen

Inherited from Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man.

hanging hangman's noose

cheat the hangman hangman paradox hangman's fracture hangmanship hangman's jig hangman's noose hangman's wages hangwoman underhangman

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