D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hangman

/(hăng"man)/ · Hang·man · IPA /ˈhæŋˌmæn/
01 n. One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without re…
pl. Hangmen ((-men))
  1. 1.
    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.