Button Man Edit Meaning

1.

Hit-man or mafia soldier. Button men usually do the dirty work/muscle work for their mob bosses.

For numerous reasons, button men have very limited direct contact with the mob bosses/family heads- there are usually buffers between the button men and their bosses.

I'm a button man...When the boss says to push a button on a guy, I push a button...

See soldier, cosanostra, buffer, corleone

2.

n., a low-ranking member of an organized crime syndicate

The Don's territory is patrolled by hundreds of armed button men.