woodsman
noun
Also a person accustomed to life in the woods and skilled in the arts of the woods, as hunting or trapping.
woodsmen
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pluralof woodsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some—like the Shakespeare-reading New Hampshire farmer John Ordway and the Kentucky woodsmen Joseph and Reuben Field—were poor and bored and ready for adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Moments of recognizable Twin Peaks lore punctuate a tale about the cyclical battle between good and evil, set in a 1950s New Mexico town invaded by mysterious woodsmen.
From The Verge ● Jan. 2, 2018
Oldstone-Moore describes the link between an affected “bearded manliness” of the upper middle class and throwback hobbies such as hunting and mountaineering—an early wave of urban woodsmen.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
Mr. Kerekes, who studies with Martin Bresnick at Yale, was inspired by the tradition of woodsmen in German music.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2012
In woods where the woodsmen told lies, maybe it was the wolves who told the truth.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
