HATCHET MAN

Meaning of HATCHET MAN in English

noun

( informal ) a person employed by an organization to make changes that are not popular with the other people who work there

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent. (originally US): figuratively, from an early use denoting a hired Chinese assassin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HATCHET MAN — noun Date: 1880 one hired for murder, coercion, or attack, 2. a writer specializing in invective, a person hired to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HATCHET MAN — noun 1. : a professional killer : triggerman , highbinder the hooded cult retaliated and four … hatchet men were …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HATCHET MAN — 1. a professional murderer. 2. a writer or speaker who specializes in defamatory attacks, as on political candidates or public …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HATCHET MAN — Date: 1880 1. : one hired for murder, coercion, or attack 2. a. : a writer specializing in invective b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HATCHET MAN — Function: noun Date: 1880 1 : one hired for murder, coercion, or attack 2 a : a writer specializing in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HATCHET MAN — ■ noun informal 1》 a person employed to carry out controversial or disagreeable tasks. 2》 a harsh critic.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HATCHET MAN — [hatchet man] n (1880) 1: one hired for murder, coercion, or attack 2. a: a writer specializing in invective b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HATCHET MAN — ˈhatchet ˌman BrE AmE noun [countable] informal someone who is employed to make unpopular changes in an organization
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HATCHET MAN — ( hatchet men) You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HATCHET MAN — (hatchet men) You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of people …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HATCHET MAN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And he went head on against the notion that he would be an unfeeling hatchet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HATCHET MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HATCHET MAN — {n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. …
Slang English vocab
HATCHET MAN — Function: noun Synonyms: ASSASSIN , bravo, cutthroat, gun, gunman, ||gunsel, gunslinger, hit man, torpedo, triggerman
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HATCHET MAN — noun Synonyms: assassin , bravo, cutthroat, gun, gunman, ||gunsel, gunslinger, hit man, torpedo, triggerman
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HATCHET MAN — {n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. …
Словарь английских идиом
HATCHET MAN — a politician etc. whose job it is to say negative things about the opposition, a person in a company who …
English Idioms vocab
HATCHET MAN — the man who does the bad jobs: firing, layoffs, etc. Uh oh, there's Jake, the hatchet man. Who's getting fired …
English Idioms vocabulary
HATCHET MAN — n. , colloquial 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HATCHET MAN — 1) наемный убийца, бандит 2) человек, выполняющий грязную работу (по поручению какого-л. лица, организации и т. п.) 3) человек (особ. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HATCHET MAN — амер. разг. 1. (наёмный) убийца, бандит 2. журналист, не останавливающийся перед клеветой, подтасовкой фактов и т. п. 3. человек, выполняющий …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HATCHET MAN — 1) наёмный убийца, бандит 2) человек, выполняющий грязную работу (по поручению какого-л. лица, организации и т. п.) 3) человек (особ. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HATCHET MAN — амер. разг. 1. (наёмный) убийца, бандит 2. журналист, не останавливающийся перед клеветой, подтасовкой фактов и т. п. 3. человек, выполняющий …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HATCHET MAN — амер. разг. 1. (наёмный) убийца, бандит 2. журналист, не останавливающийся перед клеветой, подтасовкой фактов и т. п. 3. человек, выполняющий …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HATCHET MAN — наемный убийца
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HATCHET MAN — наемный убийца
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HATCHET MAN — сущ. 1) наёмный убийца, бандит 2) человек, выполняющий грязную работу ( по поручению какого-л. лица, организации ) 3) человек ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HATCHET MAN — сущ. 1) наёмный убийца, бандит 2) человек, выполняющий грязную работу (по поручению какого-л. лица, организации) 3) человек (особ. журналист), специально нанятый, чтобы скомпрометировать …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HATCHET MAN — _n. наемный убийца
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HATCHET MAN — n. наемный убийца
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HATCHET MAN — наемный убийца
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HATCHET MAN — _n. наёмный убийца
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HATCHET MAN — Наёмный убийца
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HATCHET MAN — Наемный убийца
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HATCHET MAN — 1) наемный убийца, бандит 2) человек, выполняющий грязную работу (по поручению какого-л. лица, организации и т. п.) 3) человек (особ. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HATCHET — hacca, hachette
English interlingue dictionary
HATCHET — gamayng wasay
English-Visayan vocabulary
HATCHET — noun see: hash Date: 14th century a short-handled ax often with a hammerhead to be used with one hand, tomahawk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
MAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HATCHET — I. ˈhachə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hachet, hacchet small ax, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HATCHET — — hatchetlike , adj. /hach"it/ , n. 1. a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
HATCHET — noun specifically, a tomahawk. 2. hatchet ·noun a small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
Webster English vocab
HATCHET — hatchet BrE AmE ˈhætʃ ɪt § \ -ət ▷ hatchet|s s ▶ ˈ hatchet job BrE AmE ▶ ˈ hatchet …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HATCHET — hatch ‧ et /ˈhætʃət, ˈhætʃɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: hachette , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HATCHET — n. a light short-handled axe. øhatchet-faced colloq. sharp-featured or grim-looking. hatchet job colloq. a fierce verbal attack on a person, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HATCHET — n. a light short-handled axe. hatchet-faced colloq. sharp-featured or grim-looking. hatchet job colloq. a fierce verbal attack on a person, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
HATCHET — n. a light short-handled axe. Phrases and idioms: hatchet-faced colloq. sharp-featured or grim-looking. hatchet job colloq. a fierce verbal attack …
Oxford English vocab
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HATCHET — ( hatchets) 1. A hatchet is a small axe that you can hold in one hand. N-COUNT 2. If two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HATCHET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES do a hatchet job ▪ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HATCHET — [noun] [C] - a small tool with a blade which cuts when you hit things with it; a small axeSee …
Cambridge English vocab
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HATCHET — See: BURY THE HATCHET.
Slang English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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