Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hangman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hangman \Hang"man\, n.; pl. {Hangmen}(?).
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hangman
n : an executioner who hangs the condemned person
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