hangman
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈhæŋˌmæn/
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- On the platform, an assistant hangman addresses the crowd.
And Rice says it's going to be the hangman, namely Heydrich.
- And Rice says it's going to be the hangman, namely Heydrich.
- So much so that the hangman's noose got a new nickname, Stolipin's necktie.
- But he had a hangman's MOS and had actually been involved in hanging the Japanese war criminals.
- We stand bestride all of our history as judge, jury, and hangman, and we're not even curious to hear the case for our own defense.
- No, I feel, you know, it's like putting a fucking a noose, you know, a hang a hangman's.
Examples
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It all adds up to six feet of rope and a hangman.
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I've saved the hangman a job, and got all the excitement I was looking for.
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Can I become a hangman someday?
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It's not just the jail I'm hoping to avoid, it's the hangman.
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Prosecutors share a look with a hangman's satisfaction.
Fiction book (1993) -
We're sitting in the middle of a hangman's noose awaiting the inevitable.
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Cole, his face swollen from a beating, is marched up the stairs of the gallows toward the waiting hangman.
Fiction book (2001) -
As the final arbiter in many of these cases, Toure's half-brother, Ismael, became known as the "hangman of Camp Boiro."
Academic text (1998) -
The hangman stood ready, preparing to carry out the execution at dawn.
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As the judge sentenced the criminal, the hangman awaited his orders to proceed.
Synonyms
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7.2
A person who puts someone to death as a legal punishment
A woman who kills people as a legal punishment by placing a rope around their neck
An official who carries out death sentences in front of people
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hangman comes from the parts hang and man, where hang means 'to hang'. The word originally named the man whose job was to hang condemned people, so it means a person who carries out an execution by hanging.