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axe murderer

noun — 2 senses

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

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

2

Figuratively Any incredibly dangerous person.

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

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.