"hatchet man" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-hatchet man.ogg Forms: hatchet men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|hatchet men}} hatchet man (plural hatchet men)
  1. A male professional killer or gunman. Categories (topical): Murder, People Synonyms (professional killer): assassin, hitman Translations (professional killer): tueur à gages [masculine] (French), sicario (Italian), ки́ллер (kíller) (Russian), sicario (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hatchet_man-en-noun-cwdgpdK8 Disambiguation of Murder: 70 20 9 Disambiguation of People: 61 26 12 Disambiguation of 'professional killer': 88 7 5 Disambiguation of 'professional killer': 88 7 5
  2. (US, historical) A male hatchet-wielding participant in a Chinese-American tong war. Tags: US, historical Synonyms: boo how doy Translations (hatchet-wielding participant in a tong war): 斧頭仔 (Taishanese), 斧头仔 (bu² heu³ doi²) (Taishanese)
    Sense id: en-hatchet_man-en-noun-H2tdMrmk Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Taishanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 49 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 50 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 49 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 57 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 53 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 60 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 60 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 62 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Taishanese translations: 21 52 26 Disambiguation of 'hatchet-wielding participant in a tong war': 2 81 17
  3. (colloquial, idiomatic) A male who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Translations (man who carries unpleasant duties on behalf of another): porte-flingue [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-hatchet_man-en-noun-LrLXvXmU Disambiguation of 'man who carries unpleasant duties on behalf of another': 2 10 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hatchetman, hatchet-man Related terms: chainsaw consultant

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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