| Hangman (n.) 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. Thesaurus Entries Cain, Jack Ketch, apache, assassin, assassinator, beheader, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, chastizer, cutthroat, deathsman, desperado, discipliner, electrocutioner, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hangman, hatchet man, head-hunter, headsman, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, murderer, pesticide, poison, poisoner, punisher, slaughterer, slayer, thug, torpedo, trigger man |