Hangman (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural hang·men. for 1.
  1. a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
  2. a word game in which one player selects a word that the other player must guess by supplying each of its letters: for each incorrect guess a part of a stick figure of a man who has been hanged is drawn.
noun plural -men
  1. an official who carries out a sentence of hanging on condemned criminals
Hangman (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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