Define the word hatchet man"hatchet man" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
hatchet man \hatchet man\ n.
1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a
hit man.
[PJC]
2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of
another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other
malicious communication, often with a political motive,
and sometimes for pay.
[PJC] Hatchettine
"hatchet man" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
hatchet man
n 1: a professional killer [syn: iceman]
2: one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a
superior [syn: enforcer]
"hatchet man" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
130 Moby Thesaurus words for "hatchet man":
Cain, Thersites, apache, assassin, assassinator, backbiter,
battler, belittler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade,
bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, brawler, bruiser, bully,
bullyboy, burker, butcher, button man, calumniator, cannibal,
caustic critic, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant,
cutthroat, cynic, debunker, decrier, defamer, deflater,
depreciator, derogator, desperado, detractor, disparager,
disputant, duelist, enforcer, eradicator, executioner,
exterminator, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman,
gamecock, garroter, gladiator, goon, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel,
gunslinger, hanger-on, head-hunter, heeler, hellion, henchman,
hit man, holy terror, homicidal maniac, homicide, hood, hoodlum,
hooligan, jouster, killer, knight, knocker, libeler, man-eater,
man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, militant, muckraker,
mudslinger, mug, mugger, murderer, muscle man, pesticide,
plug-ugly, poison, poisoner, quarreler, railer, rioter, rival,
rodman, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper,
scuffler, slanderer, slaughterer, slayer, social critic, squabbler,
strangler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler,
swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, terror, thug, tilter,
torpedo, tough, traducer, trigger man, tussler, ugly customer,
ward heeler, wrangler
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