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hang·man (h

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

2. also (-m

n) 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.

hangman [ˈhæŋmən]

n pl -men

(Law) an official who carries out a sentence of hanging on condemned criminals

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Noun

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 (hangmen (pl)) → verdugo m

hangman [ˈhæŋmən] n

(= executioner) → bourreau m

(= game) → pendu m

hangman [ˈhæŋmən] n (-men (pl)) → boia m inv

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