logger

noun

log·​ger ˈlȯ-gər How to pronounce logger (audio)
ˈlä-
Synonyms of loggernext
: one engaged in logging

Examples of logger in a Sentence

the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down
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At the dawn of the 20th century, a logger played by Joel Edgerton tromps through the woods cutting down timber that will build a country which is rapidly leaving him behind. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026 His dad, a former logger, and his mom, a former schoolteacher, founded West Wind in 2000. Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026 Adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams stars Joel Edgerton in an elegiac, mournful portrait of a logger at the turn of the century. David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026 By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300. Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for logger

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of logger was in 1732

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logger. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

Kids Definition

logger

noun
log·​ger ˈlȯg-ər How to pronounce logger (audio)
ˈläg-
: one whose work is logging

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