mad·man

[mad-man, -muhn]
noun, plural mad·men [mad-men, -muhn] .
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English madd man. See mad, man1

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madman (ˈmædmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
a man who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic

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madman
late 14c., from mad + man (n.). One word from 16c.
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Example sentences
Those who don't forward it are quickly dispatched by the anonymous muscle-bound
  madman, who kills them using chains.
In the hand of a carpenter a hammer can build a house, and in the hand of a
  madman it can stave in a skull.
Even a month with a self-appointed madman can make everyone else slightly
  insane.
He undertakes the penetration of an island fortress ruled by a madman who
  cultivates a grisly garden of deadly delights.
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