woodsman

[woodz-muhn]

noun

plural

woodsmen 

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

2. a lumberman.

woodsman

/ ˈwʊdzmən /

noun

1. Also called: woodman. a person who lives in a wood or who is skilled in woodcraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodsman¹

1680–90; wood ¹ + -s 3 + man

Example Sentences

“Almost everything I write is a product of nature,” said Sgah’gahsowáh, who describes himself as “a woodsman who likes fishing and stuff,” as well as an avid hiker.

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Audubon saw himself as a woodsman, as well as a naturalist, and he used strikingly bellicose language to describe his travels and research.

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It needed to recruit several master woodsmen to act as guides.

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This led police to believe that Hart was an expert woodsman and exceptionally skilled at hiding in the vast wilderness.

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Part one of Inscryption locks you in a cabin with a vicious woodsman who will only release you if you beat him in a succession of card games.

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