woodcutter

[ wood-kuht-er ]

/ ˈwʊdˌkʌt ər /

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noun

a person who cuts down trees for firewood.

a person who makes woodcuts.

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Origin of woodcutter

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; wood¹ + cutter

OTHER WORDS FROM woodcutter

woodcutting, noun

Words nearby woodcutter

woodcrafter, woodcraftsman, woodcreeper, wood cudweed, woodcut, woodcutter, Wood Dale, wood duck, wooded, wooden, wood engraving

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How to use woodcutter in a sentence

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.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914|Various
Much surprise and interest are excited by this achievement of the woodcutter's son.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
A woodcutter's axe might have any amount of weight and thickness of iron behind the edge; not so a sword blade or a spear point.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang

It would have been hard to find a happier family than the woodcutter's as they set out for the village that day.
The Green Forest Fairy Book|Loretta Ellen Brady

British Dictionary definitions for woodcutter

woodcutter

/ (ˈwʊdˌkʌtə) /

noun

a person who fells trees or chops wood

a person who makes woodcuts

Derived forms of woodcutter

woodcutting, noun

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