hangman
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hangman (countable and uncountable, plural hangmen)
- (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other,
As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.
- Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 213:
- 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 […] .
- (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.
Derived terms
- cheat the hangman
- hangman paradox
- hangman's fracture
- hangman's jig
- hangman's noose
- hangman's wages
- hangmanship
- hangwoman
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