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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. a male executioner who hangs the condemned person
  3. 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. Shak.
  4. One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business ofhanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term ofreproach, without reference to office. Shak.
  5. n:100 n. an executioner who hangs the condemned person