Lumberjack

//ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person whose work is to fell trees.

    "He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory"

  2. 2
    a short warm outer jacket wordnet
  3. 3
    A lumberjacket.
  4. 4
    a person who fells trees wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees. transitive

    "Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer."

Synonyms

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fallerfellerloggerconservationistfallerforest ranger

Example

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"The lumberjack had a variety of axes for different jobs."

Etymology

From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.

Related phrases

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