— tomahawker , n.
/tom"euh hawk'/ , n.
1. a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
2. any of various similar weapons or implements.
3. (in Australia) a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
v.t.
4. to attack, wound, or kill with or as if with a tomahawk.
[ 1605-15; tamahaac hatchet (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian * temah - to cut (it) off + *- a·kan - instrument for) ]