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axe murderer

noun

Etymology

From axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa, which happened in 1912.

  1. inherited from murderere
  2. compounded as axe murderer — “axe + murderer”

Definitions

  1. Agent noun of axe murder

    Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.

  2. Any incredibly dangerous person.

    • I'll text you after my date is over so you know he wasn't an axe murderer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA