What does hatchet man mean?

hatchet man means "a professional killer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hatchet man?

Close synonyms include iceman, enforcer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hatchet man a common word?

hatchet man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

hatchet man — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a professional killer
Synonymsiceman
Broadermurderer
2.
one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
Synonymsenforcer
Broaderassistant

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