TIMBERMAN

timberman

(noun) an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

timberman (plural timbermen)

A lumberman

A timber dealer

A person who installs timbers in a mine

A longhorn beetle, of genus Acanthocinus, of European pine forests.

Source: Wiktionary


Tim"ber*man, n.; pl. Timbermen (. (Mining)

Definition: A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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