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sawyers

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plural of sawyer

as in lumbermen

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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, JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025

Definition of lumbermen

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The Ojibwe people originally lived in the area, but like much of Northern Michigan, it was taken over by loggers during the mid-19th century.

— Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of loggers

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Three times a day on the Lawn, Lee LeCaptain and his crew of touring lumberjacks are performing feats of logrolling, axe-throwing and other tricks involving wood and sharp objects.

— Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 18 Aug. 2026
The lumberjacks had used their trucks to block access to the Quebec border in protest of Canadian loggers who were stealing their jobs by working for less.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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