Thesaurus results for LUMBERMAN

lumberman

noun

ˈləm-bər-mən

Definition of lumberman

as in logger

a person whose job is to cut down trees a lumberman who supervises the rest of the team during logging season

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Recent Examples of lumberman 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, 19 Nov. 2025 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 In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for lumberman

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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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Letrell often wore Ben Davis shirts, a popular brand among lumberjacks, with the iconic monkey logo.

— Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of lumberjack

Noun

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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