hangers

Noun

hanger (plural hangers)

1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
2. A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
   • With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits
3. A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
4. A bridle iron.
5. A clothes hanger.
6. (historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
   • [H]is shoulder was graced with a broad buff belt, from whence depended a huge hanger with a hilt like that of a backsword […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

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