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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Jason Turner is a heavy-equipment operator and logger, and his family is unsure if he’ll be able to go back to work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Coonts’s father, a logger and farmer, has been sidelined by health problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

One thing to know: This Sundance Film Festival hit about the life and sorrows of a logger in early 20th-century America is based on a novella by Denis Johnson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

But the larger problem for Bentley was trying to get inside the head of a logger who’s the very definition of “still waters run deep.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

James Scymanky, a logger who had been working in the area around Mount St. Helens during the eruption, had managed to survive while the three partners who were with him that morning died.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

A screen that shows loggers which trees to cut and which to leave standing to maximize financial returns decades down the line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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

In the twenties and thirties the loggers had come, and they stripped the canyons below the rim and cut great clearings on the plateau slopes.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko