Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who wields an ax.
- noun Slang One assigned to perform a task involving ruthless reduction, as of a work force or budget.
- noun Slang One who plays a guitar or saxophone, especially in a band or for hire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wields an ax; one employed in chopping; a woodman.
- noun Formerly, a soldier whose weapon was an ax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who wields an ax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
axeman .
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Examples
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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If you doan lyke being called GF would Start-man be bedder or axman or Tele or LesPaul custom or rickenbacher flyin vee or sumfin along dose lines?
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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Lurking behind every chance to be made whole by fame is the axman of further dismemberment.
Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008
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