WOODMAN

woodworker, woodsman, woodman

(noun) makes things out of wood

woodsman, woodman

(noun) someone who lives in the woods

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Woodman

A surname.

Etymology

Noun

woodman (plural woodmen)

(obsolete) Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.

Someone who cuts down trees or cuts and sells wood, lumberjack, woodcutter.

Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; a woodsman; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment.

(obsolete) Someone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.

Someone who makes things from wood.

Source: Wiktionary


Wood"man, n.; pl. Woodmen (. [Written also woodsman.]

1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. [Eng.]

2. A sportsman; a hunter. [The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak.

3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter. Woodman, spare that tree. G. P. Morris.

4. One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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