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triggerman

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trig⋅ger⋅man

  [trig-er-muhn, -man]
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–noun, plural -men  [-muhn, -men] . Informal.
1. a gangster who specializes in gunning people down.
2. a bodyguard, esp. of a gangster.
Also called trigger.

Origin:
1920–25; trigger + man 1
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trig·ger·man   (trĭg'ər-mən)   
n.  

  1. An underworld gunman who in premeditation shoots a victim.

  2. A gunman; a shooter: "Where is the moral justification . . . in offering the platoon survivors—the actual triggermen—immunity?" (Nelson DeMille).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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