ви́сельник

nounmasculineanimatecountablevery rarely used (#30168)

1.
hanged man, man sentenced to the gallows
На ста́рой гравю́ре был изображён ви́сельник.
The old engraving showed a hanged man.
2.
person who hanged himself, suicide by hanging
Ви́сельника нашли в сара́е то́лько у́тром.
The man who had hanged himself was found in the shed only in the morning.
3.
gallows bird, scoundrel, rogue
Э́тот ви́сельник опя́ть всех обману́л.
That gallows bird has cheated everyone again.
figurative, derogatory
4.
(rare) hopeless programmer, coder whose programs always hangcomputing
Наш ви́сельник опя́ть сдал програ́мму с оши́бками.
Our hopeless programmer has submitted buggy code again.
computer slang, jocular
5.
(rare) frozen computer, hung machinecomputing
Э́тот ви́сельник опя́ть не отвеча́ет.
This frozen computer is unresponsive again.
computer slang, rare

Examples

Художник нарисовал висельника на холме.
The artist painted a hanged man on the hill.
На старой картине был изображён висельник.
An hanged man was depicted in the old painting.
В сказке появился призрак висельника.
The ghost of a hanged man appeared in the fairy tale.