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axeman

noun

Etymology

From axe + man.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as axeman — “axe + man”

Definitions

  1. A man who wields an axe.

    • If you charge into the Upper Egyptians head-on, they may pepper your axemen with arrows from on top of the cliff.
    • Robertson was finally asked to step down at the end of 1961. His successor would be Dr Beeching, who was seen as both visionary and axeman.

  2. A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone.

    • Ex-Aerosmith axeman Joe Perry has finished recording his first solo effort, "I've Got the Rock 'n' Rolls Again."

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