"axe murderer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: axe murderers [plural]
Etymology: From axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa which happened in 1912. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|axe|murderer}} axe + murderer Head templates: {{en-noun}} axe murderer (plural axe murderers)
  1. Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: axe murder (extra: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe) Categories (topical): People Synonyms: axe-murderer
    Sense id: en-axe_murderer-en-noun-sokHEYTx Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (figuratively) Any incredibly dangerous person. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-axe_murderer-en-noun-QnwWMPBJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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