Definition of lumberjacknext
as in lumberman
a person whose job is to cut down trees the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north

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Recent Examples of lumberjack Seven years after introducing lumberjack-style recreation to the capital region, Smart Axe has closed its Roseville and Folsom locations. Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026 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 Soon after the felling, police arrested a former lumberjack who was fighting eviction from the area, as well as a sixteen-year-old boy, but both were released without charge. Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lumberjack
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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  • Environmentalists say the state should not be cutting carbon-storing redwoods, while loggers maintain their practices are sustainable.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Over the past few years, a wave of companies has emerged to extract sophisticated and granular information about how employees spend their time, sometimes down to the minute, using tech such as location trackers, keystroke loggers, cameras, and microphones.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026

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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberjack. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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