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axman

American  
[aks-muhn] / ˈæks mən /

noun

axmen plural
  1. a person who wields an ax.

  2. Informal. hatchet man.


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Etymology

Origin of axman

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75; ax + -man

Example Sentences

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Not far from Mr. Petty’s right side was his right-hand man, guitarist Mike Campbell, sporting a black leather jacket and a top hat worth of fellow axman Slash.

From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2017

At week's end, even the G.O.P.'s most ardent axman, New York's John Taber, conceded that there might be something in OIC, after all.

From Time Magazine Archive

But chief G.O.P. axman John Taber strove manfully.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1894 he got a job as axman in one of the surveying crews working on the drainage canal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Griffith, the engineer in charge, talked me into joining the party as axman.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames

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