woodsman

[ woodz-muhn ]
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noun,plural woods·men.
  1. Also woodman. a person accustomed to life in the woods and skilled in the arts of the woods, as hunting or trapping.

  2. a lumberman.

Origin of woodsman

1
1680–90; wood1 + -s3 + man

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How to use woodsman in a sentence

  • It went up on the same steamer that gave passage to themselves and six woodsmen and their camp cook.

    The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • The little Fox, when he had left the main highway at the crossroads, soon met ten woodsmen with axes over their shoulders.

    Mighty Mikko | Parker Fillmore
  • "Here is something that I frequently sell, both to campers and woodsmen," said the old gunsmith.

  • No one seemed to know much about the country they were going through, but fortunately most of the men were experienced woodsmen.

    Historic Adventures | Rupert S. Holland
  • Like most of our eastern woodsmen, Pete Noël was even finicky about his food, and took all his meat cooked to a brown.

    The Backwoodsmen | Charles G. D. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for woodsman

woodsman

/ (ˈwʊdzmən) /


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

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