woodman

[wood-muhn]

wood·man

[wood-muhn]
noun, plural wood·men.
1.
woodsman (def. 1).
2.
a person who fells timber, especially for fuel.
3.
British.
a.
a forester having charge of the king's woods.
b.
a woodcutter.
c.
a dealer in wood, especially one who sells kindling wood.
4.
Obsolete. a hunter of forest game.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English wodeman, Old English wudumann. See wood1, man1

wood·man·craft [wood-muhn-kraft, -krahft] , noun
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woodman (ˈwʊdmən)
 
n , pl -men
1.  a person who looks after and fells trees used for timber
2.  another word for woodsman
3.  obsolete a hunter who is knowledgeable about woods and the animals living in them

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