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 Quirky roadside figures include giant cowboys, lumberjacks, and dinosaurs. Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025 Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025 The title novel, Stag Dance, is an engrossing historical tale about turn-of-the-century lumberjacks who hold an annual dance where some of the men choose to attend as women. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025 Ketchikan, famous for being the Salmon Capital of the World, is teeming with small-town charm, Native American totem poles, and a lively lumberjack show the kids will be talking about all week. Disney Cruise Line, AFAR Media, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for lumberjack
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Noun
  • At this moment, our two guides and the lumbermen who had rescued us from the log jam came bursting out of the guides’ cabin and rushed to the bateau.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • An 11-minute, 13-episode 2D satire in which an Amazonian trickster spirit launches anarchic eco-pranks to repel loggers.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025
  • The roof’s materials were sourced from local sustainable loggers and sovereign tribal groups, all within a 300-mile radius of the airport.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 11 July 2025

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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberjack. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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