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logger

noun

ˈlȯ-gər

Definition of logger

as in lumberman

a person whose job is to cut down trees the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down

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Recent Examples of logger Gómez González had been known as a vociferous antagonist of loggers. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Maine Democrats quickly rallied behind Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president and fifth-generation logger. — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The Maine Democratic Party replaced him with Troy Jackson, the former state Senate president and a fifth-generation logger from northern Maine. — Maham Javaid, NPR, 27 July 2026 Support coalesced around Jackson, a former Maine Senate president and fifth-generation logger from rural northern Maine who campaigned alongside Platner during a failed bid for governor and was a favorite among progressives to replace him. — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for logger

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Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a lumberman and sawmill owner with one of the largest lumber operations in the area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026
The drive honors the late lumberman and passionate outdoorsman Pierce Stocking and begins just south of Glen Lake before winding upward through thick hardwood forests.

— Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of lumberman

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The lumberjacks had used their trucks to block access to the Quebec border in protest of Canadian loggers who were stealing their jobs by working for less.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
The celebrated musicians, the eclectic writers, the artist troupes, the lumberjacks, the magicians.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Definition of lumberjack

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Utah's state forester, Jamie Barnes, told reporters that fires across the state this season had been moving in ways that had stretched Utah's firefighting capacity to its limits, with new fires beginning closer to populated areas than in previous years.

— Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026
With the fires spread out across the state, emergency response teams could use more personnel, said state forester Jamie Barnes.

— Aria Bendix, NBC news, 27 June 2026

Definition of forester

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