Noun
knifeman (plural knifemen)
A man who uses a knife as a weapon.
A knifeman is reported to have stormed into Regents Park Mosque this afternoon and ‘stabbed a man in the neck’ while he was carrying out the call to prayer. Source: Internet
Sources said the officer was stabbed repeatedly as he tried to overpower the knifeman and save other victims. Source: Internet
French media reported that the knifeman first attacked a man who had just left home for a daily walk – slitting his throat in front of the victim's girlfriend and son. Source: Internet
The knifeman has been identified by French media as Nathan C. by his card details which say he was born in 1997 in Lilas, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Source: Internet
A man, aged 47, who was taken into police custody hours after the attack on Thursday and was reported to have been in contact with knifeman Brahim Issaoui the previous day, is still being held. Source: Internet
A woman “played dead” to escape a knifeman who stabbed her in a London park, according to the family who called emergency services. Source: Internet