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
Gunillagu-NIL-lahSwedish
Philetos-Biblical Greek
Hyun-Junghyun-jungKorean
Avksentiy-Russian
Cristianokree-STYAH-no (Italian), kreesh-TYA-noo (Portuguese)Italian, Portuguese
Katarin-Breton