hangman

noun

Definition of hangmannext
as in executioner

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Recent Examples of hangman At the end of long days, Banjo would bring his kids to the office, and the group — Kotwica, Banjo and the kids — would play games of hangman on the greaseboard. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025 The nursery consists of coral fragments that dangle from hangman structures that the Coral Restoration Foundation put 30 feet under the surface. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025 The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it. — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Middle East historian Ervand Abrahamian detailed in his 1999 book Tortured Confessions that the committee refused to use a firing squad because of the noise, even when the hangmen complained of the grueling labor involved in hanging so many. — Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016 See All Example Sentences for hangman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
  1. executioner
  2. headsman
  3. murderer
  4. executor
  5. assassin
Noun
  • An enthusiastic executioner DeSantis is Florida’s most enthusiastic executioner, having put 46 men to death.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Rather, the state may employ executioners with limited technical expertise and often no experience in basic anatomy or medical care.
    — Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of executioner
Noun
  • There’s dungeons or the headsman’s block for someone with that many secrets to spill.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Definition of headsman
Noun
  • More than 40 years later, no efforts have been made to prosecute or extradite the presumptive murderers.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Alongside her scientifically credible poisoning scenarios, numerous doctors and pharmacists appear in Christie’s novels — sometimes as victims, other times as murderers — showing how her early brushes with the world of medicine never left her mind.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of murderer
Noun
  • Attorneys for the estate’s executors did not immediately respond on Tuesday to The Times’ request for comment.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • McClain died in May, leaving Branca as the estate’s remaining executor.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of executor
Noun
  • The Democratic presidential front-runner had just finished his California primary victory speech — thanking Chávez and Huerta — when an assassin gunned him down.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly all of those 80 teams had a wing player who was either a prolific scorer, an in-his-prime All-Star, an accomplished floor general or a skilled shot creator/late-game assassin.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of assassin

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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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