Associations to the word «Hangman»
Noun
Wiktionary
HANGMAN, noun. (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
HANGMAN, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
HANGMAN, noun. An executioner who hangs the condemned person.
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.