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# hangman

noun (hangmen) (old use)

«hangman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A hangman was the man whose job was to put criminals to death by hanging them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangman/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a feared figure who comes to carry out a sentence on a prisoner

### Examples

- The hangman waited with his rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangman/#x1)
- «Say your prayers,» said the hangman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangman/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hangman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hangman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hangman.html) on Mova free.