a hatchet man



a hatchet man

  (informal)
someone who is employed by an organization to make changes that people do not like The hatchet man is called in whenever a company needs to reduce its staff.
See bury the hatchet
See also: hatchet, man

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZelmaZEL-məEnglish
Fatimahfah-TIM-ah (Arabic)Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Villem-Estonian
Doncho-Bulgarian, Macedonian
GusztÁV-Hungarian
Isoldai-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English)Arthurian Romance