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Meaning of Hangman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

العربية الجلاد جلاد
Azərbaycanca cəllad
Български палач
Català penjat
Čeština šibenice
Cymraeg crogwr
Ελληνικά δήμιος κρεμάλα
Español ahorcado ahorcador colgado verdugo
فارسی دژخیم
Gaeilge crochadóir
Galego buxeu verdugo
हिन्दी जल्लाद
Հայերեն դահիճ
Italiano boia carnefice
日本語 死刑執行人
Kurdî kat
മലയാളം ആരാച്ചാർ
Nederlands beul galgje
Română călău gâde gealat
Tagalog tagabitay
Türkçe adam asmaca cellat
Українська кат

Examples

“One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.”
“I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high […].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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