logger

¹ American  

[law-ger, log-er] / ˈlɔ gər, ˈlɒg ər /

noun

• loggers
  plural

1. a person whose work is logging; lumberjack.

2. a tractor used in logging.

3. a machine for loading logs.

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logger ² American  

[law-ger, log-er] / ˈlɔ gər, ˈlɒg ər /

adjective

Scot.

1. heavy or thick.

2. thick-headed; stupid.

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logger British  

/ ˈlɒɡə /

noun

1. another word for lumberjack

2. a tractor or crane for handling logs

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• loggers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of logger¹

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; log ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of logger²

First recorded in 1665–75; back formation from loggerhead

Explanation

A logger is a person whose job involves cutting down trees. If you like using a chain saw, then maybe you should pursue a career as a logger. If you're a logger, you'll use chain saws to fell trees or split logs into pieces; operate a skidder, which pulls large logs out of the forest; load logs onto trucks, or drive trucks loaded with timber. There's also a different kind of logger in the world of computers, a program that makes it easy to keep a list or record of things. This is closer to the original meaning of logger, "one who enters data in a log."

Example Sentences

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Jackson, who lost the Democratic primary for governor earlier this year, is a logger from far northern Aroostook County whose views turned more progressive as time went on.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

Mr. Jackson’s campaign website portrays him as an man of the people, not a politician: “A fifth-generation logger from Allagash” and a “lifelong fighter for workers’ rights.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Talk about Joel Edgerton playing a logger in Netflix’s “Train Dreams.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

The saga about an early 1900s logger set against the developing Pacific Northwest shows how things always change, even when you don’t want them to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Joe James, he explained to Cullivan, was a young Indian logger with whom he had once lived in a forest near Bellingham, Washington.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

He got his political inspiration from seeing his father and other loggers “standing up to a wealthy landowner who thought he could squeeze them for more.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Now, Bekewei is on the other side of the law, working as a ranger tracking down hunters and loggers in the sprawling reserve.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

For many publications, tastemakers and overly serious Letterboxd loggers, December is a time to reflect and choose the absolute and objective best pieces of art they encountered in the preceding calendar year.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

"Because there are loggers and companies cutting down the forest they're running away, maybe out of fear and they end up near us," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

“The loggers are going back to work on Monday. And the police are even letting people with cabins on Spirit Lake go up there today.”

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis