Definitions for: Hanger


[n] anything from which something can be hung
[n] a worker who hangs something



Webster (1913) Definition: Hang"er, n.
1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
(a) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword
is suspended.
(b) (Mach.) A part that suspends a journal box in which
shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
(c) A bridle iron.



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. [Eng.] --Gilbert White.

See Also: clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger, strap, support, worker

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