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View synonyms for logger

logger

1

[ law-ger, log-er ]

noun

  1. a person whose work is logging; logging; log; lumberjack.
  2. a tractor used in logging. logging. log.
  3. a machine for loading logs. log.


logger

2

[ law-ger, log-er ]

adjective

, Scot.
  1. heavy or thick.
  2. thick-headed; stupid.

logger

/ ˈlɒɡə /

noun

  1. another word for lumberjack
  2. a tractor or crane for handling logs


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Word History and Origins

Origin of logger1

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; log 1 + -er 1

Origin of logger2

First recorded in 1665–75; back formation from loggerhead

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Example Sentences

Because she has no family in Canada, Gilbert, a retired logger, says the Red Cross will be housing him for the near future.

One of Hollister's men was a lean, saturnine logger, past fifty, whose life had been spent in the woods of the Pacific Coast.

In the growing dawn, Hollister and the logger went down through woods thick with smoke.

"The boy is going to be a great logger some day," he would declare with fatherly pride.

Three or four of you great logger-headed fellows, Come and carry him away.

That, however, was not the only time I found text and illustrations at logger-heads.

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