loggers

plural of logger
as in lumbermen
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 loggers 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 Gómez González had been known as a vociferous antagonist of loggers. Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 In 1998, Jackson helped lead a weeklong blockade along the Quebec border in an effort to protest the hiring of Canadian loggers who were coming into Maine and driving down pay rates. Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 The loggers left in 1955, and the Ranch soon welcomed guests again (and of course—became a guiding force in western hospitality, favored by those seeking a true Montana experience). Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026 Ostensibly, the 1996 journey was meant to protect the Korubo from further outside contact by invaders (loggers, fishermen, settlers) intent on taking their resources. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 June 2026 Sliced from a tree felled by loggers in 1891, the cross-section was annotated with historical events that marked its 13 centuries of life, from the beginning of Chinese book printing to the Crusades to the invention of the telescope. Elena Megalos, Longreads, 31 Mar. 2026 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 Just helping the land out, helping the loggers. Austen Erblat, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Noun
  • 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
  • Where once these trees stood in the island of Negros, sugarcane now dominates, all benefiting the hacenderos who welcomed the American lumbermen to clear the forests for later agricultural conversion.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
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  • The celebrated musicians, the eclectic writers, the artist troupes, the lumberjacks, the magicians.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • Besides those figures holding mufflers and tires, others were outfitted as cowboys, Indians, lumberjacks (often known as Paul Bunyans), astronauts, chefs, dentists, golfers, hot dog vendors, race-car drivers, pirates and service-station attendants.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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“Loggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggers. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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