lumberjack

noun

lum·​ber·​jack ˈləm-bər-ˌjak 

plural lumberjacks

: someone whose job is to cut down trees for wood : logger

Levi jeans became regulation wear for cowboys, railroaders, lumberjacks, oil drillers and other labourers.

—Jane Dorner

… white pines live centuries—four or more—and attain massive size. The biggest grew in Pennsylvania, where lumberjacks felled at least one 200-foot specimen …

—John Stilgoe

Synonyms of lumberjack

• lumberman
• logger
• lumberer

Examples of lumberjack in a Sentence

the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1896, a local lumberjack near a small town in northeastern Wisconsin told of a bizarre green monster roaming the nearby woods. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026

The lumberjacks had used their trucks to block access to the Quebec border in protest of Canadian loggers who were stealing their jobs by working for less. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

The celebrated musicians, the eclectic writers, the artist troupes, the lumberjacks, the magicians. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Did these sisters see the silhouette of a Bigfoot or a big lumberjack with no neck? — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing lumberjack

• lumberjack shirt

Rhymes for lumberjack

• almanac
• camelback
• cardiac
• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback
• stickleback

Kids Definition

lumberjack

noun

lum·​ber·​jack ˈləm-bər-ˌjak 

: logger