hatchman

noun

Etymology

From hatch + -man.

  1. derived from *hakkōną
  2. derived from *hakōn
  3. derived from hacher
  4. derived from hacher
  5. suffixed as hatchman — “hatch + man

Definitions

  1. A prison guard charged with checking on the prisoner by looking through the hatch.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA