Hangman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhæŋˌmæn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hangman is a noun meaning (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
Meaning
(countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
More Meanings
- Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
- (uncountable, games) 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.
Example Sentences
One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.
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 […].
Word Forms
- hangmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include executioner, hanging, torturer, bully, perpetrator, necktie.
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