iceman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.

   We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows.

2. 2
   noun

   One who is cool under pressure.

   Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment.

3. 3
   noun

   a professional killer

4. 4
   noun

   someone who cuts and delivers ice

5. 5
   noun

   A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.

6. 6
   noun

   A human figure carved out of ice.

7. 7
   noun

   An ancient human male mummified in ice.

8. 8
   noun

   An assassin.

Etymology

From ice + -man.