underhangman

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noun

An assistant or deputy hangman.

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Meanings

noununderhangman (plural underhangmen)

plural underhangmen

  1. nonce wordShakespeareAn assistant or deputy hangman.

    […] thou wert dignified enough, Even to the point of envy, if ’twere made Comparative for your virtues, to be styled The under-hangman of his kingdom […]

    1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

Origin

From under- + hangman.

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APA

underhangman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhangman

MLA

“underhangman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhangman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underhangman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhangman.

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