Noun

1. An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II Scene II

     One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other,

     As they had seen me with these hangman's hands.

2. 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.