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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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fatality rate among structural ironworkers is among the highest in the nation (right up there with commercial fishermen and loggers). Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Earlier this summer, Jackson, a fifty-eight-year-old former logger and president of Maine’s state Senate, replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee running against Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent. Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026 Jackson, 58, is a fifth-generation logger who was previously president of the Maine state Senate and bills himself as a champion of the working class. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 For decades, loggers and environmentalists have clashed over the fate of its stately redwoods. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 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 13 Sep. 2026.

Kids Definition

logger

noun
: one whose work is logging
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