hangman

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
2. Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
3. A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.

Konzepte

Henker

Galgenmännchen

Scharfrichter

Galgenmann

Hängemännchen

Galgenraten

Hängemann

Galgenbaum

Synonyme

executioner

headsman

torturer

butcher

excutioner

killer

tormentor

public executioner

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English hangman, hongman, hangeman, equivalent to hang + -man.