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Hangmen

Hangman \Hang"man\ (h[a^]ng"man), n.; pl. Hangmen (-men). One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office.
--Shak.

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hangmen

n. (plural of hangman English)

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Hangmen (DC Comics)

The Hangmen is a DC Comics supervillain team.

Hangmen (film)

Hangmen is a 1987 American action thriller film, it marked American actress Sandra Bullock's film debut.

Hangmen (play)

Hangmen is a play by the British- Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2015, before transferring to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre. The play was directed by Matthew Dunster, designed by Anna Fleischle, and featured David Morrissey and Reece Shearsmith among others. It was universally acclaimed by theatre critics, and was nominated for numerous awards including the Olivier Awards, Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Usage examples of "hangmen".

Somewhere near the Manteca turnoff a quartet of Hangmen from El Cerrito came thundering past.

Two SS men acted as hangmen, their shirt sleeves rolled up well above their elbows.

When all eighteen were hanging there, with urine and excrement running down their legs, an SS doctor came, threw them an indifferent look and gave the hangmen the sign that all was in order.

Each of the six hangmen tied a condemned man's hands, pulled a meal sack down over his head, placed the noose around his neck, drew it up tolerably close, and sprang to the ground.

Constant repetition, horses and hangmen and ladders and tithes all mixed in with life and death and the mysteries of faith.

There were Hangmen, Misfits, Presidents, Night-riders, Grossmen and some with no colors at all.