tomaxEtymologyBlend of tomahawk + axe. Dating from the 1750s, this is the first recorded portmanteau word in the English language.tomax means Synonym of tomahawk. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.nounSynonym of tomahawk.“As there is lately arrived from America a Mohawk Indian Warrior, one of General J ohnson's Guards who had distinguished himself at the Battle of Lake George, (where General Johnson beat the French) by his singular Valour in taking the French General, Monsieur Desseau, Prisoner ; and as the above-named Indian Warrior (for the Gratification of the Curious) is expos'd to public View, dress'd in the s”