Hangman

Definition: Hangman

Hangman

Noun

1. An executioner who hangs the condemned person.

Date "hangman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Hangman

Domain	Definitions
Satire	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. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Hangman

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hangman is a pencil and paper guessing game for two players.
One player thinks of a word and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters.

The word to guess is represented by a row of dashes, giving the number of letters. If the guessing player suggests a letter which occurs in the word, the other player writes it in all its correct positions. If the suggested letter does not occur in the word, the other player draws one element of the hangman diagram. The game can be ended by:

the guessing player completes the word, or guesses the whole word correctly
the other player completes the diagram:

 +----+
 |    |
 |    O
 |   /|\\
 |   / \\
-+-
-a-g-a-

The exact nature of the diagram differs; some players draw the gallows part before play and draw parts of the man's body (traditionally the head, then torso, then the left arm, then the right arm, then the left then right legs). Some players begin with no diagram at all, and begin by drawing the parts of the gallows, effectively giving the guessing players more chances.

Some modifications to game play result in the game Wheel of Fortune.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hangman."

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Synonyms within Context: Hangman

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	Scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman.
Bad Man	Rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother, ruffian, bully, meanie; Jonathan Wild; hangman.
Evil doer	Wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman; blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound; catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma.
Scourge	Goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hangman

English words defined with "hangman": Carnifex ♦ Deathsman ♦ hangman's halter, hangman's rope, Hangmanship, Hangmen, hemp, hempen necktie ♦ Jack Ketch ♦ Underhangman. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hangman": Ange de Grève ♦ DERRICK ♦ linen ♦ redress ♦ SHERIFF'S JOURNEYMAN ♦ TOPPING COVE. (references)

Etymologies containing "hangman": Deathsman. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hangman

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Hangman (2001)

The Hangman (1964)

Hangman (2000)

The Cater Street Hangman (1998)

Hangman (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hangman

Domain	Title
Books	6th Sense: Secrets from Beyond Hangman (Sixth Sense. Secrets from Beyond, 3) (reference) Hangman (reference) The Year of the Hangman (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Hangman (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Balada: Hangman, Hangman!; The Town of Greed (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Hangman

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Familiar Quotations: Hangman

Author	Quotation
Seneca	Every guilty person is his own hangman.
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Use in Literature: Hangman

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Since he had lived there the path which fed to the place had become overgrown, and people spoke of it as of the house of a hangman.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hangman

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction. Among the Anglo-Saxon a subject conceiving himself wronged by the king was permitted, on proving his injury, to beat a brazen image of the royal offender with a switch that was afterward applied to his own naked back. The latter rite was performed by the public hangman, and it assured moderation in the plaintiff's choice of a switch.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Hangman

"Hangman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.18% of the time. "Hangman" is used about 117 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	87.18%	102	32,309
Noun (proper)	12.82%	15	90,616
Total	100.00%	117	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Hangman

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "hangman": ex-hangman.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hangman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
hangman	791
hangman game	189
online hangman	28
play hangman	27
hangman download	18
free hangman	16
hangman kangaroo	16
download free game hangman	10
visual basic hangman	9
code hangman	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hangman

Language		Translations for "hangman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		xhelat (executioner, headsman, jack ketch, torturer). (various references)

Arabic		‏جلاد (executioner, flagellant), ‏الشانق (hanger). (various references)

Bulgarian		палач (butcher, executioner, headsman, jack ketch, torturer). (various references)

Czech		kat (executioner). (various references)

Dutch		beul (executioner, torturer). (various references)

Esperanto		ekzekutisto (executioner). (various references)

Farsi		ماموراعدام , دژخیم (Deathsman), دارزن . (various references)

French		bourreau (hanger). (various references)

Frisian		boal (executioner, torturer). (various references)

German		henker (executioner). (various references)

Greek		δήμιοσ (executioner, heads'man). (various references)

Hebrew		תלין (executioner, hanger), �"ור�' (executioner, killer). (various references)

Hungarian		hóhér (axeman, butcher, executioner, garrotter, hanger, headsman, jack ketch, ketch). (various references)

Indonesian		algojo (bully, executioner, tormentor). (various references)

Italian		boia (executioner, torturer). (various references)

Manx		fer croghee, crogheyder (hanger). (various references)

Norwegian		bøddel (executioner). (various references)

Papiamen		burdugu (executioner). (various references)

Pig Latin		angmanhay.(various references)

Portuguese		alinhamento deslocado. (various references)

Romanian		executor (accomplisher, executioner, performer), cãlãu (butcher, executioner, headsman, jack ketch, tyrant). (various references)

Russian		палач (butcher, executioner, headsman, jack ketch, slaughterer, torturer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dželat (axeman, executioner, headsman, jack ketch, slaughterer). (various references)

Spanish		verdugo (butcher, excruciating, executioner, torturer). (various references)

Swedish		bödel (executioner, headsman, tormentor, torturer). (various references)

Turkish		cellat (executioner, hatchet man, jack ketch). (various references)

Ukranian		кат (butcher, cat, executioner, hanger, headman). (various references)

Welsh		crogwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hangman

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	carnifex, carnificem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Hangman

Misspellings
	"Hangman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: angsana, chang'an, Chengmon, Chiangmai, chungdan, Hagnon, Hanfmann, hangment, hanomag, Hansma, Henigan, hentman, Hingan, Hodgman, Hoenigman, Hoggman, hongmid, Hueghan, Mangwana, Mhangami, Shangaan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hangman"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "hangman" (pronounced ha"ngmun)
4	-ng m u n	wingman.
3	-m u n	abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.
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Anagrams: Hangman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-h-m-n-n"
	-2 letters: manna.
	-3 letters: agha, agma, amah, anga, anna, gama, hang, mana, naan, nana.
	-4 letters: aah, aga, aha, ama, ana, gam, gan, hag, ham, mag, man, nag, nah, nam, nan.
	-5 letters: aa, ag, ah, am, an, ha, hm, ma, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-h-m-n-n"
	+4 letters: chairmaning, machinating, manhandling, marathoning.
	+5 letters: chairmanning, marathonings.
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