Definition of loggernext
as in lumberman
a person whose job is to cut down trees the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down

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Recent Examples of logger Troy Jackson, Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate, worked as a logger before entering state politics. Nicholas Carnes, The Conversation, 20 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 Jackson had often spoken of his hometown of Allagash, Maine, to tout his humble beginnings and career as a fifth-generation logger. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026 So somebody with my background who’s actually worked through these problems and brought people together — like very divergent interest groups together, like the tribes, like environmental groups and loggers. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for logger
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Noun
  • Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a lumberman and sawmill owner with one of the largest lumber operations in the area.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026
  • The drive honors the late lumberman and passionate outdoorsman Pierce Stocking and begins just south of Glen Lake before winding upward through thick hardwood forests.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In this way, the performers see themselves as modern-day visages of the lumberjacks who inspired the legend of Paul Bunyan, sizing each other up in competition to determine who's best.
    Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 18 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The Copleys worked with a forester to develop a management plan, which included a goal of installing a trail system to improve access for maintenance and harvesting of timber.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • An eastern gray variety, the forester, lives on Tasmania but is vastly outnumbered by its smaller cousins, the Bennetts wallaby and the timid pademelon.
    Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logger. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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