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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of woodsman

1680–90; wood¹ + -s3 + man¹

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Examples from the Web for woodsman

Paul was too wise a woodsman to be careless, and he took Jud directly to the spot which the bear had visited the preceding night.
The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound|George A. Warren
The sailor to his sea, the woodsman to his woods, and the boulevardier to his beloved avenues!
Burned Bridges|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Often a woodsman will come across a birch that seems to be newly fallen.
The Woodcraft Girls at Camp|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
To buy his woodsman's clothes and a few necessities, he planted gardens, painted houses, and cut wood for his friends.
The Child's Book of American Biography|Mary Stoyell Stimpson

It has to do with a country over which your woodsman has already traveled, or about which he knows something.
Camp and Trail|Stewart Edward White

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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