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 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 Related Stories The film follows Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living in the Pacific NorthWest. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025 Just helping the land out, helping the loggers. Austen Erblat, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025 Joel Edgerton stars as resilient logger Robert, who wrestles with tragedy in the Pacific Northwest. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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Noun
  • Train Dreams, based on a novella by Denis Johnson, follows his key character one Robert Grainier, played brilliantly by Edgerton, a lumberman who felled timber for railroads at the turn of the 20th century.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The history of gubernatorial candidates and winners in Wisconsin is replete with mayors, merchants, lawyers, lumbermen, publishers, educators, industrialists, secretaries of state, attorneys general and lieutenant governors.
    Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • No matter the color, the check played a key role in the overall lumberjack aesthetic that trended at the show.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The company was created to provide durable and functional garments for hunters, lumberjacks and railway workers.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
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  • One was Gösta Stenman, who served as Schjerfbeck’s gallerist and local champion; the other was Einar Reuter, a young forester and artist, who became her confidant and crush.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Julie Clark, a community education specialist for UCANR, recalled getting a call from a local forester who spotted an unhealthy-looking coast live oak while driving in Simi Hills’ Box Canyon.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026

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

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