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English
Etymology
From axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa, which happened in 1912.
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Noun
axe murderer (plural axe murderers)
- Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.
- (figuratively) Any incredibly dangerous person.
I'll text you after my date is over so you know he wasn't an axe murderer.