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hangman

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  • //ˈhæŋˌmæn//
  • //ˈheɪ̯ŋˌmeə̯n//
  • //ˈhɛ̃ŋˌmɛə̯n//

An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

    One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.

  2. 2

    Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

    I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high […].

  3. 3

    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.

Etimologia

Inherited from Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man.

Forme

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