timberman

American

[tim-ber-muhn] / ˈtɪm bər mən /

noun

plural

timbermen

a person who prepares, erects, and maintains mine timbers.

timberman British

/ ˈtɪmbəmən /

noun

Also called: timberman beetle. any of various longicorn beetles that have destructive wood-eating larvae

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Etymology

Origin of timberman

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; timber, man

Example Sentences

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The concept dates to 1917, when a wealthy Michigan timberman named Charles Lathrop Pack started the National War Garden Commission, according to the World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.

From Salon

Pattinson plays a former timberman named Ephraim Winslow, who is just looking for an honest wage doing chores and manual labor under Thomas’s supervision.

From Washington Post

Ray was born in Jackson County one of 17 kids, his father a timberman, he said they never had much money.

From Washington Times

Proulx presents a thrilling, 300-year saga about the vast forests and the rapacious timbermen who enabled the United States to conquer the world.

From Washington Post

At a few places there were narrow footpaths, subterranean in the quality of their light, made by timbermen when searching for suitable trees for the saw-mill.

From Project Gutenberg

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