woodman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment.
Someone who makes things from wood.
Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.
Someone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.

name

/ˈwʊdmən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woodman.wav

woodman woodmen

From Middle English woodeman, wodeman, from Old English wudemann, wudumann (“woodman”), equivalent to wood + -man.

woodcutter lumberjack wooder woodsman forester forest ranger

woodmanship woodsman woodsmanship bushman bushmanship outdoorsman outdoorsmanship

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