hitman

See also: hit man

English

Alternative forms

hit man

Etymology

hit (“to murder”) +‎ -man

Noun

hitman (plural hitmen)

A contract killer; especially one paid by mafia.
(soccer) goalscorer, someone who scores goals.

Related terms

hitwoman

Translations

contract killer

Cebuano: hitman, tirador
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殺手 (zh), 杀手 (zh) (shāshǒu), 合約殺手, 合约杀手 (héyuē shāshǒu)
Czech: nájemný vrah m
Danish: lejemorder (da), snigmorder
Dutch: huurmoordenaar (nl) m, huurdoder m
Esperanto: murdisto
Finnish: palkkamurhaaja (fi), ammattitappaja
French: tueur à gages (fr) m, sicaire (fr) m
German: Auftragsmörder (de) m, Auftragsmörderin f, Killer (de) m, Killerin f
Hungarian: bérgyilkos (hu)
Icelandic: leigumorðingi m

Italian: sicario (it) m, killer (it) m
Japanese: 殺し屋 (ころしや, koroshiya), ヒットマン (hittoman), キラー (kirā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: leiemorder m

Nynorsk: leigemordar m
Polish: płatny zabójca m, cyngiel (pl) m (slang)
Portuguese: assassino de aluguel m, sicário m
Romanian: killer m, asasin (ro) m, ucigaș (ro) m, sicar (ro) m
Russian: наёмный уби́йца (ru) m (najómnyj ubíjca), ки́ллер (ru) m (kíller)
Spanish: sicario (es) m, asesino a sueldo m
Swedish: yrkesmördare (sv) c, torped (sv) c

Cebuano

Etymology

From English hitman.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: hit‧man

Noun

hitman

a hitman; a contract killer

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:hitman.

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