woodman

[ wood-muhn ]

noun,plural wood·men.
  1. a person who fells timber, especially for fuel.

  1. British.

    • a forester having charge of the king's woods.

    • a woodcutter.

    • a dealer in wood, especially one who sells kindling wood.

  2. Obsolete. a hunter of forest game.

Origin of woodman

1
before 1000; Middle English wodeman,Old English wudumann.See wood1, man

Other words from woodman

  • wood·man·craft [wood-muhn-kraft, -krahft], /ˈwʊd mənˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft/, noun

Words Nearby woodman

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How to use woodman in a sentence

  • Finally, I shall take pride in being the wife of the only live Tin woodman in all the world!'

    The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank Baum
  • Then the Loon tried to prick the Tin woodman's leg, but the tin only blunted the point of the thorn.

    The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank Baum

British Dictionary definitions for woodman

woodman

/ (ˈwʊdmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. a person who looks after and fells trees used for timber

  2. another word for woodsman

  1. obsolete a hunter who is knowledgeable about woods and the animals living in them

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