Hangman Definition

hăngmən
hangmen
noun
An executioner who hangs criminals condemned to death.
Webster's New World
A game in which one player chooses a word whose letters are guessed at by another player. For each wrong guess, a new part of the stick figure of a hanging man is drawn.
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Noun

Singular:
hangman
Plural:
hangmen

Hangman Sentence Examples

  • James caused it to be burned by the common hangman, and forbade its perusal under the 'severest penalties, complaining bitterly at the same time to Philip III.

  • A fifth, Louis Lingg, cheated the hangman by killing himself in prison.

  • It appeared in 1751, but because of its Jacobite sentiments, it was burnt by the public hangman in Edinburgh.

  • Albert Pierrepoint was, by far, Britain's most prolific hangman.

  • The victim was a condemned murderer; the man paid to strangle him was the common hangman.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAN

Words Ending With

NANMAN

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Words Starting With H and Ending With N

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With H7 Letter Words Ending With N