hangman
Noun
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Noun
hangman
- (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II Scene II
- One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other,
- As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II Scene II
- (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.
- French: bourreau
- German: Henker
- Italian: boia, carnefice
- Portuguese: enforcador
- Russian: пала́ч
- Spanish: verdugo, ahorcador
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