Friday, August 14, 2015

Word of the day: hatchet man

The word of the day is hatchet man:

  1. professional murderer.
  2. writer or speaker who specializes indefamatory attacks, as on politicalcandidates or public officials.
  3. person whose job it is to executeunpleasant tasks for superior, asdismissing employees.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hatchet+man)


"General Reyes had long seemed a likely heir to Díaz; and under a new cover of a party, the Reyista Democrats now looked forward to a personal deal in the old style.  For that, they might use Escandón's military and social connections.  Chief among this group was the Organizing Club's other executive secretary, Heriberto Barrón, a notorious Reyes hatchetman."

 - John Womack, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution

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