lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak 
plural lumberjacks
: someone whose job is to cut down trees for wood : logger
Levi jeans became regulation wear for cowboys, railroaders, lumberjacks, oil drillers and other labourers.—
Jane Dorner
Jane Dorner… white pines live centuries—four or more—and attain massive size. The biggest grew in Pennsylvania, where lumberjacks felled at least one 200-foot specimen …—John Stilgoe
John StilgoeExamples of lumberjack in a Sentence
the sawmill gets most of its business from the lumberjacks up north
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Dexter Morgan died once before, born again as a lumberjack and eventually an upstate New York man about town.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
If Bowers, who grew up in the Boston area, could pass as a grad student on a hike, then Hallett’s leather drover’s hat hints at his experience as a lumberjack.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
Quirky roadside figures include giant cowboys, lumberjacks, and dinosaurs.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
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Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
If Bowers, who grew up in the Boston area, could pass as a grad student on a hike, then Hallett’s leather drover’s hat hints at his experience as a lumberjack.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
Quirky roadside figures include giant cowboys, lumberjacks, and dinosaurs.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
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“Lumberjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberjack. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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lumberjack
noun
lum·ber·jack
ˈləm-bər-ˌjak
: logger
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