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axmen

  • plural
    of axman.
    axman
    noun
    a person who wields an ax.

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The presence of Clapton and other noted axmen on the album informed Robertson's own playing.

From Reuters Apr. 7, 2011

And he had to chop a path through the forests along the entire distance with 300 axmen.

From National Geographic

To defend groves threatened by the utility's axmen, women residents of the valley threatened to lash themselves to the trees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, to give the Cole Porter score bite, he put an edge on the staid Volksoper orchestra in the form of a dozen Viennese axmen, most of whom cut up in brass.

From Time Magazine Archive

With him were two of Cathbarr's axmen, and they led him to the hold occupied by Murrough O'Flaherty of the Kine, where Brian stayed half a day.

From Nuala O'Malley by H. Bedford-Jones

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