hangman Syllabification: (hang·man)Pronunciation: /ˈhaNGmən, -ˌman/Translate hangman | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of hangman noun (plural hangmen) an executioner who hangs condemned people. a game for two in which one player tries to guess the letters of a word, and failed attempts are recorded by drawing a gallows and someone hanging on it, line by line. hangman in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hangman in the British & World English dictionary
