woodman
noun
woodmen
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pluralof woodman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then in church one Sunday he heard a minister use the simile of woodmen clearing away the forest near their homes for safety's sake.
From Time Magazine Archive
That Mr. Gladstone should often have gone out, axe in hand, to assist his woodmen was really the most natural thing imaginable.
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
A detachment was sent instantly to find a way over the cliff, while woodmen with axes went out and laid furiously upon the pines.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
“Yes, my father is very clever,” she said; “he is not like the other woodmen and burners.”
From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice
After a while we came to an open space where the woodmen had been felling timber.
From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Lilian Gask
