woodsman

[ woo dz-muh n ]
/ ˈwʊdz mən /

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 + man1

Words nearby woodsman

woods, tiger, woodscrew, woodser, woodshed, woodsia, woodsman, woodson, woodstock, woodswallow, woodsy, woodtone
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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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