1
: woodsman
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capitalized
[Modern Woodmen of America & Woodmen of the World]
: a member of either of two independent benevolent and fraternal societies
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Trees and vegetation are always slumbering, helpless at the woodman’s axe or the casual munching of a ruminant.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The Indigenous woodman had sent his coordinates to Oliveira’s brother.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The Indigenous woodman had sent his coordinates to Oliveira’s brother.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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“Woodman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodman. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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