ˈhaŋmən, ˈhaiŋ-, -ˌman, -ˌmaa(ə)n sometimes ˈheŋ- noun
( plural hangmen )
Etymology: Middle English hangeman, from hangen to hang + man
1. : one who hangs another ; especially : a public executioner
2. : a game in which one player chooses a word and the others try to guess it one letter at a time, a part of a picture of a hanged man being drawn for each wrong guess