"hitman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪtmæːn/, /ˈhɪtmən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hitman.wav Forms: hitmen [plural]
Etymology: From 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)
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  2. (soccer) A goalscorer; someone who scores goals. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), People
    Sense id: en-hitman-en-noun-yJ-9oxbh Disambiguation of People: 4 96 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 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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    {
      "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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