axemen

Wielders of hatchets

Axemen is the plural of axeman—someone who wields an axe, whether for felling trees, splitting wood, or combat.

The term extends to slang for a guitarist, especially one known for aggressive or virtuosic playing: The band's axeman shredded through a ten-minute solo.

In Australian rules football, the Axemen are a team nickname.

chopping

hew

Cut with axe

fell · woodcutting · timber · slash · sever · carve · whack · chop · swing · blade

forestry

lumberjack

Professional tree cutter

clearcut · sawmill · deforestation · pulpwood · bucking · skidder · yarder · silviculture · harvesting · stumpage

warfare

battleaxe

Heavy bladed war weapon

halberd · medieval · raider · Norse · shield · combat · cleave · charge · pillage · broadaxe

metal

guitarist

One who plays six strings

  • shredTorn fragment
  • riffRepeated musical phrase
  • soloPerformance by one

headbang · thrash · moshpit · distortion · amplifier · fretboard · stage-dive · metalhead · festival · heavy

Categories
Opposites
tool/method of tree felling

axemensawyers

People who saw wood

machine operators

creation vs. destruction of trees

axementree planters

Those who set saplings

arborists · foresters · conservationists · tree surgeons · environmentalists

musical instrument role (slang)

axemendrummers

Musicians playing percussion

vocalists · singers · bassists · keyboardists · percussionists

Family

axeman

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG