hangman.
An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.