"axe murderer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: axe murderers [plural]
Etymology: From axe-murder + -er or axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa which happened in 1912. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|axe-murder|-er|id2=agent noun}} axe-murder + -er, {{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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 34
  2. (figuratively) Any incredibly dangerous person. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-axe_murderer-en-noun-QnwWMPBJ

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