"hitman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪtmæːn/, /ˈhɪtmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hitman.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hitmen [plural]
Etymology: hit (“to murder”) + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hit|man|gloss1=to murder}} hit (“to murder”) + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|hitmen}} hitman (plural hitmen)
  1. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (contract killer): vrasës i paguar (Albanian), قَاتِل مَأْجُور (qātil maʔjūr) (Arabic), наёмны забойца (najómny zabójca) [masculine] (Belarusian), нае́мен уби́ец (naémen ubíec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hitman (Cebuano), tirador (Cebuano), 殺手 (Chinese Mandarin), 杀手 (shāshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 合約殺手 (Chinese Mandarin), 合约杀手 (héyuē shāshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), nájemný vrah [masculine] (Czech), lejemorder (Danish), snigmorder (Danish), huurmoordenaar [masculine] (Dutch), huurdoder [masculine] (Dutch), murdisto (Esperanto), sikario (Esperanto), palkkamurhaaja (Finnish), ammattitappaja (Finnish), tueur à gages [masculine] (French), sicaire [masculine] (French), Auftragsmörder [masculine] (German), Auftragsmörderin [feminine] (German), Killer [masculine] (German), Killerin [feminine] (German), εκτελεστής (ektelestís) [masculine] (Greek), רוצח שכיר (rotséakh sakhír) [masculine] (Hebrew), bérgyilkos (Hungarian), leigumorðingi [masculine] (Icelandic), sicario [masculine] (Italian), killer [masculine] (Italian), 殺し屋 (koroshiya) (alt: ころしや) (Japanese), ヒットマン (hittoman) (Japanese), キラー (kirā) (Japanese), បេច្ឈឃាដ (beecchɔɔkhiət) (Khmer), 암살자 (amsalja) (Korean), sīcārius [masculine] (Latin), slepkava (Latvian), samdomas žudikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), пла́тен у́биец (pláten úbiec) [masculine] (Macedonian), leiemorder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), leigemordar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), płatny zabójca [masculine] (Polish), cyngiel [masculine, slang] (Polish), assassino de aluguel [masculine] (Portuguese), sicário [masculine] (Portuguese), killer [masculine] (Romanian), asasin [masculine] (Romanian), ucigaș [masculine] (Romanian), sicar [masculine] (Romanian), наёмный уби́йца (najómnyj ubíjca) [masculine] (Russian), ки́ллер (kíller) [masculine] (Russian), plaćeni ubica [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nájomný vrah (Slovak), sicario [masculine] (Spanish), asesino a sueldo [masculine] (Spanish), yrkesmördare [common-gender] (Swedish), torped [common-gender] (Swedish), ผู้ลอบสังหาร (Thai), ผู้ลอบสังหาร (pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-sǎng-hǎan) (Thai), นักฆ่า (nák-kâa) (Thai), kiralık katil (Turkish), на́йманий вби́вця (nájmanyj vbývcja) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kẻ ám sát (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hitman-en-noun-DmA0HC9E Disambiguation of Occupations: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'contract killer': 90 10
  2. (soccer) A goalscorer; someone who scores goals. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-hitman-en-noun-yJ-9oxbh Disambiguation of Occupations: 52 48 Disambiguation of People: 4 96 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hit man Related terms: hit list

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    }
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}
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɪtmæːn/"
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      "word": "hit man"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "vrasës i paguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qātil maʔjūr",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "قَاتِل مَأْجُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "najómny zabójca",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наёмны забойца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naémen ubíec",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нае́мен уби́ец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "hitman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "tirador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "殺手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāshǒu",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "杀手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "合約殺手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héyuē shāshǒu",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "合约杀手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nájemný vrah"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "lejemorder"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "snigmorder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huurmoordenaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huurdoder"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "murdisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "sikario"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "palkkamurhaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "ammattitappaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tueur à gages"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Auftragsmörder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auftragsmörderin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Killer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Killerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ektelestís",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εκτελεστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rotséakh sakhír",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רוצח שכיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "bérgyilkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigumorðingi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "killer"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ころしや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koroshiya",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "殺し屋"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hittoman",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "ヒットマン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kirā",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "キラー"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "beecchɔɔkhiət",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "បេច្ឈឃាដ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amsalja",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "암살자"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sīcārius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "slepkava"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samdomas žudikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pláten úbiec",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́тен у́биец"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leiemorder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigemordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "płatny zabójca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "cyngiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assassino de aluguel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "killer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asasin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ucigaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "najómnyj ubíjca",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наёмный уби́йца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kíller",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ки́ллер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plaćeni ubica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "nájomný vrah"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sicario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asesino a sueldo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "yrkesmördare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "torped"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "ผู้ลอบสังหาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-sǎng-hǎan",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "ผู้ลอบสังหาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-kâa",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "นักฆ่า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "kiralık katil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nájmanyj vbývcja",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на́йманий вби́вця"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "contract killer",
      "word": "kẻ ám sát"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hitman"
}

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