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 In 2024, two loggers were killed in bow-and-arrow attacks after entering Mashco Piro territory, and subsequent sightings have placed members of the group close to active logging areas. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 The Ojibwe people originally lived in the area, but like much of Northern Michigan, it was taken over by loggers during the mid-19th century. — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fatality rate among structural ironworkers is among the highest in the nation (right up there with commercial fishermen and loggers). — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 For decades, loggers and environmentalists have clashed over the fate of its stately redwoods. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Twenty years before her great-grandfather opened the boat tours, the waterway was a highway for loggers, but the logjam of 1886 was a doozy. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 In 2011, loggers started illegally cutting rosewood trees in the mature forests of eastern Panama where Wounaan people live. — Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 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 Gómez González had been known as a vociferous antagonist of loggers. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
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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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  • Letrell often wore Ben Davis shirts, a popular brand among lumberjacks, with the iconic monkey logo.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Three times a day on the Lawn, Lee LeCaptain and his crew of touring lumberjacks are performing feats of logrolling, axe-throwing and other tricks involving wood and sharp objects.
    — Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Loggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggers. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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