Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle-axe

2 senses of battle-axe

Sense 1
battle-ax, battle-axe -- (a sharp-tongued domineering wife)
       => wife, married woman -- (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2
battle-ax, battle-axe -- (a broadax used as a weapon)
       => broadax, broadaxe -- (a large ax with a broad cutting blade)