HATCHET MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hatchet man mean? 

• HATCHET MAN (noun)
  The noun HATCHET MAN has 2 senses:

1. a professional killer

2. one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

  Familiarity information: HATCHET MAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HATCHET MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional killer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hatchet man; iceman

Hypernyms ("hatchet man" is a kind of...):

liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

Sense 2

Meaning:

One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

enforcer; hatchet man

Hypernyms ("hatchet man" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)