axeman

/ ˈæksmən /

noun

1. a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees
2. a person who makes cuts in expenditure or services, esp on behalf of another

   the chancellor's axeman

3. slang.
   a man who plays a musical instrument, esp a guitar

Example Sentences

So he took my hand and I went quickly thereafter, the men calling after me "Farewell, axeman!"

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Now Lodbrok had told me that when one has a stronger axeman to deal with than one's self the first thing is to guard well.

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We need another axeman to clear away the fallen trees and break the nets of grapevine.

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She knew the pay of the forest men, from the haulier to the princely axeman and river-jack.

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Large fallen trees lay about, just as the axeman had felled them, and partly consumed by fire.

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