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woodman.

Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwʊdmən/
  1. Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.

  2. 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.

  3. Someone who makes things from wood.

  4. Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.

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

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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