hangman
hang·man
noun
1.
an executioner who hangs the condemned person
Origin
Inherited from Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man.
Phrases
- cheat the hangman
- hangman paradox
- hangman's fracture
- hangman's jig
- hangman's noose
- hangman's wages
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