woodcutter
Americannoun
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woodcutters
plural
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a person who cuts down trees for firewood.
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a person who makes woodcuts.
noun
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a person who fells trees or chops wood
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a person who makes woodcuts
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At the start of the film, a woodcutter and a priest take shelter from intense rain in the ruins of the mighty Rashomon Gate in Kyoto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
His first job was as a woodcutter, back when Clydesdale horses were still used to haul timber out of Highland forests.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2023
The list of day jobs for Almazán’s players included a shepherd, a woodcutter, a chicken breeder, a singer and a tai chi instructor.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
Then she frowns when a woodcutter enters the picture and, despite the tree's protests, cuts it down.
From Salon ● May 10, 2022
She herself had written a tale in which a humble woodcutter saved a princess from drowning and ended by marrying her.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The Met drops the opening woodcutters — among the sections jettisoned by Verdi to shorten run time — and the ballet La Pérégrina.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
He described the tranquility of his beloved Walden Pond interrupted, now and again, by locomotives whistling, bells ringing, woodcutters chopping, cattle cars and wagons rumbling over bridges.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2021
Images of fishermen and woodcutters going about their tasks correspond to those of shepherds in the pastoral tradition of European art.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
And lately, professional woodcutters, Indigenous community activists, and tribal officials have collaborated with the U.S.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
Baba had planted the grove when Neel was a baby, and he guarded the family trees fiercely from woodcutters.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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