hatchet man

hatchet man
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • hatchet man — {n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. * /Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor s Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly./ 2. An… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hatchet man — {n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. * /Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor s Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly./ 2. An… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hatchet man — hat‧chet man [ˈhætʆt ˌmæn] noun hatchet men PLURALFORM [countable] informal HUMAN RESOURCES someone employed to make unpopular changes in an organization, especially ones which involve people losing their jobs * * * hatchet man UK US noun [C]… …   Financial and business terms

  • hatchet man — hatchet men N COUNT (disapproval) You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of people as a hatchet man, especially if you think they do so in an unnecessarily harsh way. [INFORMAL] They reckoned he was a …   English dictionary

  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hatchet man — hatchet .man n informal someone who is employed to make unpopular changes in an organization …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hatchet man — hatchet ,man noun count INFORMAL 1. ) someone employed by a company to do a job that is not popular with other people, especially to get rid of members of the staff 2. ) a professional murderer …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hatchet man — ► NOUN informal 1) a person employed to carry out controversial or disagreeable tasks. 2) a harsh critic …   English terms dictionary

  • hatchet man — ☆ hatchet man n. Informal 1. a person hired to commit murder 2. any person assigned by another to carry out disagreeable or unscrupulous tasks 3. a malicious or harsh writer or critic, as one who attempts to destroy a reputation …   English World dictionary

  • hatchet man — noun 1. a professional killer • Syn: ↑iceman • Hypernyms: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator, ↑manslayer 2. one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior • Syn: ↑enforcer …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hatchet man — A Hatchet man can be:Originally a pioneer or axeman serving in a US military unit.Oxford English Dictionary retrieved April 17 2008.] Towards the end of the nineteenth century the phrase was used to describe a Chinese assassin who carried a… …   Wikipedia

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