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 Built like a lumberjack, Coster’s rugged presence was betrayed by his gentle manner and casual speech. Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2025 In the title story, a lumberjack wants to playact as a woman in a bizarre ritual during which men vie for one another’s attention by pinning a cloth triangle to their groins. Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025 The bosun is an Australian lumberjack type named Nate with seven years of yachting experience. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025 In the titular novel, restless lumberjacks plan a dance under the condition that some of them will attend as women. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lumberjack
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Noun
  • 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, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
  • 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
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  • The legacy of Bolsonaro’s far-right government, from 2019 to 2022, still has a strong impact and leaves its mark in arsons, murders of Indigenous leaders and land invasions by miners and loggers.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 7 June 2025
  • These dedicated warriors certainly earn our admiration in the good/evil binary of the conflict, but complications help give the documentary shape, as in the attention given a crusty logger named Valdir, who agreed to be featured on camera.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025

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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberjack. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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