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Definition of Hangmen
1. hangman [n] - See also: hangman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hangmen
Literary usage of Hangmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1867)
"... (but where no judge or lawful magistrate had long sat, but in their place the
ruffians and hangmen of Warren Hastings occupied the bench,) these virgins ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Explained in the margin, "hangmen, and other executioners." P. 174. DERRING-DO.
Deeds of arms, warlike enterprise. Literally daring deed. ..."
3. Why Italy Entered Into the Great War, by Luigi Carnovale by Luigi Carnovale (1917)
"Through the thirty-four martyrs Italy herself was beaten, was shamed, was dishonored.
And Italy knows this well. XVII "The Emperor of hangmen" (1851-1853). ..."
4. A Study of the Prologue and Epilogue in English Literature from Shakespeare by George Spencer Bower (1884)
"... in the audience—Critics compared by Dryden in various prologues to thieves
turned hangmen ; to butchers excluded from a jury ; to scriveners ; to wolves ..."
Other Resources:
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