noun, plural hang·men. for 1. 1.a person who
hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
2.a
word game in
which one player selects a
word that the other player must guess by supplying each of its letters: for each incorrect guess a part of a stick figure of a
hanged,
man is drawn.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English; see
hang,
man1 Related forms un·der·hang·man, noun, plural un·der·hang·men.