trigger man

See also: triggerman

English

Noun

trigger man (plural trigger men)

1. Alternative form of triggerman.
   • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “They Found the Body in a Ditch”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 63:

     Al always showed up surrounded by a gang of trigger men – they sat in a corner, very gay and noisy but gunning the whole situation out of the corners of their eyes.