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lumberer

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Definition of lumberer

as in logger

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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
Earlier this summer, Jackson, a fifty-eight-year-old former logger and president of Maine’s state Senate, replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee running against Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of logger

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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

Definition of lumberman

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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

Definition of lumberjack

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This statement pillow puts a classic jack-o’-lantern on your couch with a retro, slightly nostalgic look.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
Together, the grants paid for 34 refrigeration devices, six food distribution vehicles, a dozen pallet jacks or forklifts, plus shelving and storage materials and hand trucks.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026

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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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