Gallows and Hangman

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Gallows noun - An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.

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Hangman and gallows are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hangman" instead a noun "Gallows".

Hangman noun - An executioner who hangs the condemned person.

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Gallows and hangman are semantically related. You can use "Gallows" instead a noun "Hangman".

He has a model gallows and guillotine on his bench, and his name placard actually reads "Julius Hangman."

Source: Hanging Judge
In Child ballad 95 (recorded by Led Zeppelin as Gallows Pole), the singer invites his sister to take the hangman into a shady bower and thereby "save me from the wrath of this man." One need not wonder precisely how the hangman will be induced to release the singer.

Source: Radar / Music
In The Gallows, there is a scene where the hangman moves forward from the dark background and drags the girl in the scene into the background.

Source: It Was There the Whole Time

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