Definition of Hangmen

Definition of Hangmen

Hang"man (hăng"man), n.; pl. Hangmen(-men). One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

HANGMAN, n. An officer of the law charged with duties of the highest
dignity and utmost gravity, and held in hereditary disesteem by a
populace having a criminal ancestry. In some of the American States
his functions are now performed by an electrician, as in New Jersey,
where executions by electricity have recently been ordered -- the
first instance known to this lexicographer of anybody questioning the
expediency of hanging Jerseymen.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Executioner responsible for hanging the criminal
Guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of, by guessing one letter at a time

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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