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# hangman

«hangman» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hangman was the man whose job was to put criminals to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (hangmen) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hangman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.