woodcutter
Americannoun
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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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Etymology
Origin of woodcutter
Example Sentences
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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
Two days later, Sept. 30, a woodcutter spotted Grimm in the area of Ash Fork, west of Williams.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
She had been led to believe that the case against Ali Kololo - an illiterate woodcutter and honey gatherer - was compelling.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 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
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