Meaning

2 senses
  1. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

    Auftragsmörder, Auftragsmörderin, Killer

    наёмный уби́йцаnajómnyj ubíjca, ки́ллерkíller

    на́йманий вби́вцяnájmanyj vbývcja

    a male professional killer who uses a gun

  2. A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Tom hired a hitman to kill Mary.

    ruТом нанял киллера, чтобы убить Мэри.

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  2. Tom was killed by a professional hitman.

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  3. Tom was killed by a hitman.

    ruТома убил киллер.

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  4. He hired a hitman to kill her.

    deEr setzte einen Auftragsmörder auf sie an.

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  5. She hired a hitman to kill him.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From hit (“to murder”) + -man.

From hit (“to murder”) + -man.

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Forms

plural: hitmen
Singularhitman
Pluralhitmen

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhit list

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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