Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

woodcutter

[woo d-kuht-er]
noun
  1. a person who cuts down trees for firewood.
  2. a person who makes woodcuts.
Show More

Origin of woodcutter

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; wood1 + cutter
Related formswood·cut·ting, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for woodcutter

Historical Examples

  • "Middlin'," answered the man, a woodcutter on the Steens estate.

    Two Sides of the Face

    Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

  • The woodcutter's hut is empty and bare, and the master that made it is gone.

    Alcyone

    Archibald Lampman

  • So the woodcutter, not unnaturally, regarded his visitor with some suspicion.

  • Much surprise and interest are excited by this achievement of the woodcutter's son.

    Art in England

    Dutton Cook

  • But the woodcutter was not the man to put himself out for such a trifle.

British Dictionary definitions for woodcutter

woodcutter

noun
  1. a person who fells trees or chops wood
  2. a person who makes woodcuts
Show More
Derived Formswoodcutting, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012