hangman (redirected from Hangmen)

hang·man  (hngmn)

n.

1. A man employed to execute condemned prisoners by hanging.

2. also (-mn) 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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hangman

Noun

pl -men an official who carries out a sentence of hanging

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hangman - an executioner who hangs the condemned person executioner, public executioner - an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

Translations

hangman [ˈhæŋmən] n → verdugo

hangman [ˈhæŋmən] irreg n → bourreau m

hangman [ˈhæŋmən] hang irreg like man) n → Henker m

hangman [ˈhæŋmən] n → boia m; carnefice m