hangman

hangman englannista suomeksi

1. hirttäjä, pyöveli

0. Substantiivi

1. hirttäjä, pyöveli

2. hirsipuu

hangman englanniksi

1. (senseid) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

2. (RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)

3. (senseid) Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

4. (quote-book)|title=Nollekens and His Times|publisher=Century Hutchinson|year_published=1986|page=213|passage=I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high (..).

5. (senseid) A 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 figure hanging from the gallows.