Meaning

1 senses
  1. A woman who carries out executions by hanging.

More definitions
  • a female executioner who hangs the condemned person

Origin

From hang + -woman; the male equivalent is hangman.

From hang + -woman; the male equivalent is hangman.

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Forms

plural: hangwomen
Singularhangwoman
Pluralhangwomen

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See also

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