axeman
Britishnoun
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a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees
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a person who makes cuts in expenditure or services, esp on behalf of another
the chancellor's axeman
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slang a man who plays a musical instrument, esp a guitar
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Is he the man beneath the word “Harold,” holding the arrow that pierced his eye, or the axeman who flops lifelessly backward after a sword stroke?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
A nearby row of shops appeared untouched - until I saw the vertical scar, as if a giant axeman had tried to cut two shops apart, nearly succeeding.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2023
First, it was legendary axeman Jimmy Page at the mic.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2016
Thurston ridicules it with his usual brand of nonsense, while axeman Lee Ranaldo and drummer Steve Shelley seem genuinely antagonistic to the very idea.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2015
The Stormcrows were represented by two seasoned sellswords, an archer named Jokin and the scarred and sour axeman known simply as the Widower.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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