axeman
Wielder of hatchet
An axeman is someone who wields an axe, whether a woodcutter felling trees or a firefighter breaking through doors.
The term extends to executioners who beheaded condemned prisoners.
In music slang, an axeman is a guitarist, especially one known for aggressive or virtuosic playing: The band's axeman shredded through a ten-minute solo.
Also spelled axman.
One who beheads
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- beheadingRemoval of head
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- executionCompleting a planned task
medieval · condemned · gallows · block · hangman · punishment · justice · tower
Mythic giant woodcutter
- woodsmanForest-dwelling wilderness expert
- folk heroCelebrated figure from tradition
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
frontier · mythology · fable · storytelling · oral tradition · epic · saga · enchanted forest
Wood for construction
- fellingDowning standing timber
- logsCut wood sections
- woodcutterOne who fells trees
- choppingCutting into pieces
hewing · forest · sawmill · chainsaw · pine · spruce · cedar · firewood
headsman
One who beheads
execution · medieval · condemned · gallows · block · hangman · punishment · justice · tower · hood
Paul Bunyan
Mythic giant woodcutter
- woodsmanForest-dwelling wilderness expert
- folk heroCelebrated figure from tradition
- legendUnverified traditional tale
tall tale · frontier · mythology · fable · storytelling · oral tradition · epic · saga · enchanted forest · fairy tale
timber
Wood for construction
- fellingDowning standing timber
- logsCut wood sections
- woodcutterOne who fells trees
chopping · hewing · forest · sawmill · chainsaw · pine · spruce · cedar · firewood · splitting
shredder
Device destroying documents
metal · rock · blues · jazz · virtuoso · licks · amplifier · distortion · pedals · band
viking
Medieval Nordic raider
- berserkerFury-driven Norse combatant
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
shield · combat · cleave · hewing · weapon · medieval · barbarian · warrior · broadaxe · pillage
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- Viking WorldNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland
- forestry jobsforester, lumberjack, logger, faller, fallers
- woodcutterswoodcutter, lumberjack, logger, feller, buckers
- arena fightersgladiator, pit fighter, scissor, velites, cage fighter
axemantree planter
One who cultivates seedlings
arborist · forester · conservationist · tree surgeon · gardener
axemanrecruiter
One who finds candidates
hirer · job creator · builder · expander · empire builder