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Hatchet man

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A male professional killer or gunman.

    "The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify."

  2. 2
    a male professional killer wordnet
  3. 3
    A male hatchet-wielding participant in a Chinese-American tong war. US, historical
  4. 4
    a man whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior wordnet
  5. 5
    A male who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees. colloquial, idiomatic

    "After the layoffs, he gained a reputation as a hatchet man and ended up eating lunches alone."

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