Hanger1. (n.) One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
2. (n.) That by which a thing is suspended.
3. (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
4. (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
5. (n.) A bridle iron.
6. (n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
7. (n.) A steep, wooded declivity.
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