'hatchet man' definitions:
Definition of 'hatchet man'
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Definition of 'hatchet man'
From: GCIDE
- hatchet man \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, and sometimes for pay. [PJC] Hatchettine
Synonyms of 'hatchet man'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apache,
- assassin,
- assassinator,
- backbiter,
- battler,
- belittler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- blade,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- bruiser,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- 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,
- Thersites,
- thug,
- tilter,
- torpedo,
- tough,
- traducer,
- trigger man,
- tussler,
- ugly customer,
- ward heeler,
- wrangler