A male professional killer or gunman.
The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify.
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(US, historical) A male hatchet-wielding participant in a Chinese-American tong war.
After the layoffs, he gained a reputation as a hatchet man and ended up eating lunches alone.
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(colloquial, idiomatic) A male who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.
The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify.
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