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axe murderer en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.
    form of axe murder
  2. (figuratively) Any incredibly dangerous person.
    • I'll text you after my date is over so you know he wasn't an axe murderer.

Forms

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axe murderers Number=Plur lexicographic
axe-murderer alternative lexicographic