hatchet mann.

Brit.

/ˈhatʃɪt man/, U.S.

/ˈhætʃət ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural hatchet men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hatchet n., man n.¹

Etymology: < hatchet n. + man n.¹ Compare axeman n.In sense 1 originally after Ottoman Turkish baltacı, balṭacı (Turkish baltacı) < balta axe + -cı, suffix forming agent nouns.

†1. A person who works or is armed with an axe or hatchet; spec. such a person acting as a pioneer for a military unit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > pioneer

pioneer1517

piner1581

hatchet man1668

1668 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire (new ed.) iii. vi. 196 Cooks Mates..or Baltagees, that is, Hatchet men, who cut wood for the Grand Signiors Seraglio..have the lowest pay of twelve Aspers a day.

?1727 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. V. iv. 137 Prodigious Wood Piles for the use of the Palace, which some thousand Baltagi's, or Hatchet Men, young lusty Slaves, are employed in cutting and carrying to the several Apartments.

1754 W. Faucitt tr. Regulations Prussian Infantry iii. ii. 53 One Colour in the center rank, with one Hatchet-man [Ger. Zimmermann] on each side; the fifth Serjeant must always march upon the flank of the fifth platoon.

1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 299 (note) To detain both mulattoes and negroes..and employ them as Pioneers or Hatchetmen.

1830 Gwyneddion 41 The English monarch..in 1282 issued out orders..to raise a number of hatchet men who were to cut down the woods and form roads and passages for his army to advance.

1878 Harper's Mag. Feb. 439/1 Admiral Del Monte organized a natatory sally of Maltese, who.., armed only with swords, attacked the hatchet men in the water.

2. A hired killer; (originally spec., in the United States) a hired Chinese assassin or thug, esp. (in earlier use) one carrying a hatchet or cleaver with a shortened handle (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin

banea800

murthereOE

quellerOE

manslaughta1225

manquellec1275

murderer1340

Cainc1380

drepera1400

sicariana1400

murder mana1450

interfector1450

murdrier1481

murdresara1500

assassin1531

cut-throat1535

cutter1569

baner1605

brave1606

bravo1609

dagger-mana1616

assassinate1621

assassinator1651

sword-taker1660

assassinant1662

banesman1870

hatchet man1876

murdermonger1900

hit-man1970

mechanic1972

contract killer1980

1876 Chinese Immigration: Testimony before Comm. Senate of Calif. 148 Q.—What are ‘hatchet men’? A.—Fighting men; a class of men in Chinatown that can be hired to defend any house or store that is threatened, and will cut and kill indiscriminately.

1877 Rep. Joint Special Committee Chinese Immigration 193 A great many of them carry a hatchet, with the handle cut off... Those are called among the Chinamen bad men or hatchet-men.

1913 J. London Valley of Moon iii. xx. 503 Chan Chi, had been a hatchet-man of note, in the old fighting days of the San Francisco tongs.

1957 P. Frank Seven Days to Never iii. iii. 90 He was a hatchet man for the NKVD... He may have delivered Beria over to Malenkov and Krushchev.

1998 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 8 178 Hajj Mokhber al-Saltaneh..believed that Atabak had been murdered by the Shah's hatchet men.

2014 Rec. (Stockton, Calif.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. The tongs, too, pensioned their hatchet men and mellowed into Moose Lodges.

3. Originally U.S.

a. A person who uses strong written or spoken criticism to attack and destroy the reputation of another.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > bringing into disrepute > attack on reputation > one who

character assassin1812

hatchet man1938

1938 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 19 Apr. 17/2 Mayor Wilson was brought into this campaign to run against me as a hatchet man.

1960 News Chron. 14 July 1/5 The Kennedy family went into action with a commando team of political hatchet-men.

1996 E. Lovelace Salt ix. 167 The hatchetmen of the Party embarked on their vicious campaign to..make me seem a traitor, disloyal to The Prime Minister.

2006 H. Raines One that got Away 162 As a political reporter, I was an equal opportunity hatchet man, and no matter of substance or style was out of bounds.

b. A person who carries out controversial or unpopular tasks in a company, such as the dismissal or intimidation of others.

ΚΠ

1948 N.Y. Herald Tribune 6 Feb. 3/1 The analysis division..is about to undertake a thorough study of the functioning of each department to cut costs, but..it will not be ‘a snooping expedition’, nor should members of the division be regarded as ‘hatchet men’.

1962 R. Marien Marien on Forms Control vi. 130 Regretfully, he must sometimes be the hatchet-man and recommend the dismissal of a poor employee.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 May (Style section) b1 Hugh Carter..is the hatchet man of privilege. He thrives on ways to cut back on the ‘perks’.

1991 Nation (N.Y.) 14 Oct. 477/2 Bush sent over his ace hatchet man, John Sununu, to intimidate the business leaders and torpedo the compromise.

2002 Jewish Chron. 2 Aug. 24/1 Seen by critics as a coldly self-confident hatchet man who broke up companies, he was lauded by admirers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hatchet man
释义	hatchet mann. Brit. /ˈhatʃɪt man/, U.S. /ˈhætʃət ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural hatchet men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hatchet n., man n.¹ Etymology: < hatchet n. + man n.¹ Compare axeman n.In sense 1 originally after Ottoman Turkish baltacı, balṭacı (Turkish baltacı) < balta axe + -cı, suffix forming agent nouns. †1. A person who works or is armed with an axe or hatchet; spec. such a person acting as a pioneer for a military unit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > pioneer pioneer1517 piner1581 hatchet man1668 1668 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire (new ed.) iii. vi. 196 Cooks Mates..or Baltagees, that is, Hatchet men, who cut wood for the Grand Signiors Seraglio..have the lowest pay of twelve Aspers a day. ?1727 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. V. iv. 137 Prodigious Wood Piles for the use of the Palace, which some thousand Baltagi's, or Hatchet Men, young lusty Slaves, are employed in cutting and carrying to the several Apartments. 1754 W. Faucitt tr. Regulations Prussian Infantry iii. ii. 53 One Colour in the center rank, with one Hatchet-man [Ger. Zimmermann] on each side; the fifth Serjeant must always march upon the flank of the fifth platoon. 1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 299 (note) To detain both mulattoes and negroes..and employ them as Pioneers or Hatchetmen. 1830 Gwyneddion 41 The English monarch..in 1282 issued out orders..to raise a number of hatchet men who were to cut down the woods and form roads and passages for his army to advance. 1878 Harper's Mag. Feb. 439/1 Admiral Del Monte organized a natatory sally of Maltese, who.., armed only with swords, attacked the hatchet men in the water. 2. A hired killer; (originally spec., in the United States) a hired Chinese assassin or thug, esp. (in earlier use) one carrying a hatchet or cleaver with a shortened handle (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin banea800 murthereOE quellerOE manslaughta1225 manquellec1275 murderer1340 Cainc1380 drepera1400 sicariana1400 murder mana1450 interfector1450 murdrier1481 murdresara1500 assassin1531 cut-throat1535 cutter1569 baner1605 brave1606 bravo1609 dagger-mana1616 assassinate1621 assassinator1651 sword-taker1660 assassinant1662 banesman1870 hatchet man1876 murdermonger1900 hit-man1970 mechanic1972 contract killer1980 1876 Chinese Immigration: Testimony before Comm. Senate of Calif. 148 Q.—What are ‘hatchet men’? A.—Fighting men; a class of men in Chinatown that can be hired to defend any house or store that is threatened, and will cut and kill indiscriminately. 1877 Rep. Joint Special Committee Chinese Immigration 193 A great many of them carry a hatchet, with the handle cut off... Those are called among the Chinamen bad men or hatchet-men. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon iii. xx. 503 Chan Chi, had been a hatchet-man of note, in the old fighting days of the San Francisco tongs. 1957 P. Frank Seven Days to Never iii. iii. 90 He was a hatchet man for the NKVD... He may have delivered Beria over to Malenkov and Krushchev. 1998 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 8 178 Hajj Mokhber al-Saltaneh..believed that Atabak had been murdered by the Shah's hatchet men. 2014 Rec. (Stockton, Calif.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. The tongs, too, pensioned their hatchet men and mellowed into Moose Lodges. 3. Originally U.S. a. A person who uses strong written or spoken criticism to attack and destroy the reputation of another. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > bringing into disrepute > attack on reputation > one who character assassin1812 hatchet man1938 1938 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 19 Apr. 17/2 Mayor Wilson was brought into this campaign to run against me as a hatchet man. 1960 News Chron. 14 July 1/5 The Kennedy family went into action with a commando team of political hatchet-men. 1996 E. Lovelace Salt ix. 167 The hatchetmen of the Party embarked on their vicious campaign to..make me seem a traitor, disloyal to The Prime Minister. 2006 H. Raines One that got Away 162 As a political reporter, I was an equal opportunity hatchet man, and no matter of substance or style was out of bounds. b. A person who carries out controversial or unpopular tasks in a company, such as the dismissal or intimidation of others. ΚΠ 1948 N.Y. Herald Tribune 6 Feb. 3/1 The analysis division..is about to undertake a thorough study of the functioning of each department to cut costs, but..it will not be ‘a snooping expedition’, nor should members of the division be regarded as ‘hatchet men’. 1962 R. Marien Marien on Forms Control vi. 130 Regretfully, he must sometimes be the hatchet-man and recommend the dismissal of a poor employee. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 May (Style section) b1 Hugh Carter..is the hatchet man of privilege. He thrives on ways to cut back on the ‘perks’. 1991 Nation (N.Y.) 14 Oct. 477/2 Bush sent over his ace hatchet man, John Sununu, to intimidate the business leaders and torpedo the compromise. 2002 Jewish Chron. 2 Aug. 24/1 Seen by critics as a coldly self-confident hatchet man who broke up companies, he was lauded by admirers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1668
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