woodman

Meaning

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. (obsolete) Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.
5. (obsolete) Someone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.

Synonyms

woodsman

forester

woodcutter

woodworker

ranger

forest-guard

wood-cutter

lumber-man

inhabitant of a forest

bushman

forest-dweller

huntsman

lumberjack

lumberman

Translations

ξυλοκόπος

δασοφύλακας

Förster

ormancı

الحطّاب

guardia forestale

houthakker

guardabosque

orman adamı

guardaboschi

fuster

🪵

δασοφύλαξ

falegname

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwʊdmən/

Etymology

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