Woodsman

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woodman \Wood"man\, n.; pl. {Woodmen}. [Written also
     {woodsman}.]
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     1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's
        woods; a forester. [Eng.]
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     2. A sportsman; a hunter.
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              [The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him
              for.                                  --Shak.
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     3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.
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              Woodman, spare that tree.             --G. P.
                                                    Morris.
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     4. One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woodsman \Woods"man\, n.; pl. {Woodsmen}.
     A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  woodsman
       n 1: someone who lives in the woods [syn: {woodman}]
       2: makes things out of wood [syn: {woodworker}, {woodman}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "woodsman":
     arboriculturist, backwoodsman, briar-hopper, brush ape, bushman,
     clam digger, conservationist, cracker, desert rat, forest ranger,
     forester, frontiersman, hillbilly, hinterlander, logger,
     lumberjack, lumberman, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, ranger,
     redneck, ridge runner, silviculturist, timberman, tree farmer,
     wood chopper, woodcraftsman, woodcutter, woodlander, woodman