Definition of hanger

• n. - One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
• n. - That by which a thing is suspended.
• n. - A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
• n. - A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
• n. - A bridle iron.
• n. - That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
• n. - A steep, wooded declivity.