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wood⋅man

  [wood-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men.
1. woodsman (def. 1).
2. a person who fells timber, esp. for fuel.
3. British.
a. a forester having charge of the king's woods.
b. a woodcutter.
c. a dealer in wood, esp. one who sells kindling wood.
4. Obsolete. a hunter of forest game.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME wodeman, OE wudumann. See wood 1 , man 1

Related forms:
wood⋅man⋅craft  [wood-muhn-kraft, -krahft] , noun

woods⋅man

  [woodz-muhn]
–noun, plural -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:
1680–90; wood 1 + -s3 + man 1
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wood·man   (wŏŏd'mən)   
n.  A woodsman.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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