"hangman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hangman.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hangmen [plural]
Etymology: hang + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hang|man}} hang + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|~|hangmen}} hangman (countable and uncountable, plural hangmen)
  1. (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Occupations, People Translations (executioner): جَلَّاد (jallād) [masculine] (Arabic), դահիճ (dahič) (Armenian), палач (palač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 劊子手 (Chinese Mandarin), 刽子手 (guìzishǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), bøddel [common-gender] (Danish), beul [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), timukas (Estonian), hirttäjä (Finnish), pyöveli (Finnish), bourreau [masculine] (French), bourrelle [feminine] (French), buxeu [masculine] (Galician), verdugo [masculine] (Galician), Henker [masculine] (German), δήμιος (dímios) [masculine] (Greek), जल्लाद (jallād) [masculine] (Hindi), hóhér (Hungarian), boia [masculine] (Italian), carnefice [masculine] (Italian), 死刑執行人 (shikeishikkōnin) (alt: しけいしっこうにん) (Japanese), жаллат (jallat) (Kumyk), џе́лат (džélat) [masculine] (Macedonian), гла́восек (glávosek) [masculine] (Macedonian), гла́ворез (glávorez) [masculine] (Macedonian), по́губник (pógubnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́лач (pálač) [masculine] (Macedonian), бе́сач (bésač) [masculine] (Macedonian), ആരാച്ചാർ (ārāccāṟ) (Malayalam), കുലക്കാരൻ (kulakkāraṉ) (Malayalam), pendard [masculine] (Norman), bøddel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), دژخیم (dožxim) (Persian), kat [masculine] (Polish), enforcador [masculine] (Portuguese), călău [masculine] (Romanian), gâde [masculine] (Romanian), gealat [masculine] (Romanian), пала́ч (paláč) [masculine] (Russian), ве́шатель (véšatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), verdugo [masculine] (Spanish), ahorcador [masculine] (Spanish), tagabitay (Tagalog), mambibitay (Tagalog), cellat (Turkish), кат (kat) [masculine] (Ukrainian), boal (West Frisian), תּליון (talyen) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-hangman-en-noun-en:executioner Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 47 18 36 Disambiguation of Occupations: 51 20 28 Disambiguation of People: 47 22 31 Disambiguation of 'executioner': 66 14 21
  2. Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hangman-en-noun-en:person_who_hangs_artworks
  3. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Translations (game): бесеница (besenica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), penjat [masculine] (Catalan), šibenice [feminine] (Czech), galgje [neuter] (Dutch), hirsipuu (Finnish), pendu [masculine] (French), Galgenmännchen [neuter] (German), Hängemännchen [neuter] (German), κρεμάλα (kremála) [feminine] (Greek), akasztófa (Hungarian), hengimann [masculine] (Icelandic), бе́силка (bésilka) [feminine] (Macedonian), wisielec [masculine] (Polish), jogo da forca [masculine] (Portuguese), spânzurătoarea [feminine] (Romanian), ви́селица (víselica) [feminine] (Russian), ahorcado [masculine] (Spanish), colgado [masculine] (Spanish), adam asmaca (Turkish), galchje (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-hangman-en-noun-en:game Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 20 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 25 20 55 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'game': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheat the hangman, hangman paradox, hangman's fracture, hangman's jig, hangman's noose, hangman's wages, hangmanship, hangwoman Related terms: hangman's noose, hanging

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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms with audio links",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "executioner",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "executioner",
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "executioner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "sense": "executioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "executioner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dímios",
      "sense": "executioner",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "executioner",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "executioner",
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      "sense": "executioner",
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      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "game",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "pendu"
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      "sense": "game",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "kremála",
      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "game",
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      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "game",
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