woodsman

[ woodz-muhn ]

/ ˈwʊdz mən /

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noun, plural woods·men.

Also woodman. a person accustomed to life in the woods and skilled in the arts of the woods, as hunting or trapping.

a lumberman.

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Origin of woodsman

1680–90; wood¹ + -s3 + man

Words nearby woodsman

wood screw, Woodser, woodshed, wood shot, woodsia, woodsman, Wood's metal, Woodson, wood sorrel, wood spirit, Woods, Tiger

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How to use woodsman in a sentence

She lay on the warm ridge, thinking of many things that the woodsman's appearance had stirred up in her.
Summer|Edith Wharton
He was a mighty woodsman now, and could make a spray of chips fly around him as he hewed his way through the trunk of spruce-tree.
The First Christmas Tree|Henry Van Dyke
Through the hollow of his hands he cried out the long, musical, morning call of the woodsman.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
In the laugh that followed, Sammy was claimed by a tall woodsman for the next dance, and escaped to take her place on the floor.
The Shepherd of the Hills|Harold Bell Wright

In the loss of his stock the woodsman would lose all he had won in years of toil from the mountain wilderness.
The Shepherd of the Hills|Harold Bell Wright

British Dictionary definitions for woodsman

woodsman

/ (ˈwʊdzmən) /

noun plural -men

a person who lives in a wood or who is skilled in woodcraftAlso called: woodman

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woodsman

Origin of woodsman

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