Executioner vs. Hangman

Executionernoun

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

Executionernoun

(archaic) Executor.

Executionernoun

A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Executionernoun

One who executes; an executer.

Executionernoun

One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

Executionernoun

an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

Executioner

An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who carries out a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person.

Hangmannoun

(countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

Hangmannoun

Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

Hangmannoun

A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.

Hangmannoun

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.

Hangmannoun

an executioner who hangs the condemned person