hang|er

hang|er «HANG uhr», noun.

1. a thing on which something else is hung.

2. a shaped piece of wood, wire, or plastic with a hook at the top, on which a coat, dress, skirt, or other garment is hung.

3. a loop or ring attached to something to hang it up by, such as the loop at the neck in a coat.

4. a person who hangs things: »

A paper hanger put on that wallpaper.

5. a tool or machine that hangs things.

6. a short, light sword formerly worn by sailors on their belts.

7. a part that serves to hold the spring shackle of an automobile to the chassis.

8. a person who puts another to death by hanging, or causes him to be hanged.

9. Obsolete. a loop or strap (often richly ornamented) on a sword belt, from which the sword was hung.