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axe murderer

axe murderer noun: any incredibly dangerous person. Also the agent noun of axe murder.

Noun

axe murderer (plural axe murderers)

  1. (figuratively) Any incredibly dangerous person.
    • I'll text you after my date is over so you know he wasn't an axe murderer.

Also used as

axe murderer is also the agent noun of axe murder.

Forms of axe murderer

pluralaxe murderers
alternative formaxe-murderer

Origin of axe murderer

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

Questions about axe murderer

What does axe murderer mean?
Axe murderer means any incredibly dangerous person.
What part of speech is axe murderer?
Axe murderer is a noun.
What is the plural of axe murderer?
The plural of axe murderer is axe murderers.

Words near axe murderer in the dictionary

  1. axe head
  2. axe heads
  3. axe kick
  4. axe murder
  5. axe murdered
  6. axe murderer
  7. axe murderers
  8. axe murdering
  9. axe murders
  10. axe throwing
  11. axe wound

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