Thesaurus results for LUMBERJACK

lumberjack

noun

ˈləm-bər-ˌjak

Definition of lumberjack

as in lumberman

a person whose job is to cut down trees the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north

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Recent Examples of lumberjack But when her younger sister, Ramona, wanted to drop out to join her siblings as a lumberjack, the school for some reason ruled against this younger Mindrum heading into the woods. — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 6 June 2026 This effectively became an impromptu lumberjack match with roughly 10 people at ringside. — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026 The blade was at least ten inches long and double-edged, honed on one side with a wavy scalloped finish, the other a jagged toothing like a lumberjack’s saw. — Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 But this year’s report, published Wednesday, has the Queen City of the East – home of horror author Stephen King and the mythical birthplace of lumberjack Paul Bunyan – standing alone. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lumberjack

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Noun

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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Twenty years before her great-grandfather opened the boat tours, the waterway was a highway for loggers, but the logjam of 1886 was a doozy.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
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

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