Word Meanings - UNDERHANGMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.

Related words: (words related to UNDERHANGMAN)

• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• HANGMAN
  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. Shak.
• DEPUTY
  1. One appointed as the substitue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
• ASSISTANT
  Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow. (more info) 1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and
• HANGMANSHIP
  The office or character of a hangman.
• UNDERHANGMAN
  An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.