axeman

US axman

noun plural -men

a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees
a person who makes cuts in expenditure or services, esp on behalf of anotherthe chancellor's axeman
US slang a man who plays a musical instrument, esp a guitar

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Examples from the Web for axeman

Historical Examples of axeman

This put the axeman on his hands and knees, with face as white as chalk.
Fighting Byng
A. Stone
Put a plug there, John, addressing an axeman, and tell the boys to chain up.
Pickett's Gap
Homer Greene
Some day you will meet an axeman face to face, and will find out what you know.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane
Charles W. Whistler
The axeman strolled after her into the Bush, and then stopped to look hard at her as he uttered an inquiring, “Well?”
The Greater Power
Harold Bindloss
Time passed with seemingly no effect from the stroke given by the axeman.
Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures
George W. Bain