n. | 1. | One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. |
2. | (Mach.) That by which a thing is suspended. | |
3. | That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. | |
4. | A steep, wooded declivity. |
Noun | 1. | hanger - a worker who hangs something |
2. | hanger - anything from which something can be hung |