Iceman
noun, slang
noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration. historical
- 2 a male professional killer wordnet
- 3 A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
"We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows."
- 4 a man who cuts and delivers ice wordnet
- 5 A human figure carved out of ice.
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- 6 An ancient human male mummified in ice.
- 7 An assassin. slang
- 8 One who is cool under pressure. slang
"Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment."
- 9 A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on. dated
Synonyms
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More examples"European scientists say a recently completed DNA map of the Iceman—the well-preserved, 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in a melting Alpine glacier in 1991—is yielding new details about the man's physical look, his ethnic origins and his health—including an apparent predisposition for heart disease."
Etymology
From ice + -man.
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