lumbermen

Definition of lumbermennext
plural of lumberman
as in loggers
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 lumbermen 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
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Noun
  • Sliced from a tree felled by loggers in 1891, the cross-section was annotated with historical events that marked its 13 centuries of life, from the beginning of Chinese book printing to the Crusades to the invention of the telescope.
    Elena Megalos, Longreads, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Katie Waldron Cascadia – In the world of sparring environmentalists and loggers in Coastal Oregon, a wildlife biologist, a timber worker, and a pyromaniac punk come together to form an environmental activist group and navigate a blossoming love triangle.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The company was created to provide durable and functional garments for hunters, lumberjacks and railway workers.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Sangliers are early risers, tasked with following lumberjacks from forest to forest in pursuit of felled trees destined for sawmills.
    Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Lumbermen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumbermen. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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