Thesaurus: hanger

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1. 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. See Illust. of Countershaft.
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.
8. n. a worker who hangs something
9. n. anything from which something can be hung
10. 1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. 2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: (a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. (b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft. (c) A bridle iron. 3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. 4. A steep, wooded declivity. [Eng.] Gilbert White.
11. n:100 n. a worker who hangs something n. anything from which something can be hung