woodsman

Noun

Meaning

A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hunter forester bushman trapper lumberjack logger backwoodsman lumberman woodcutter axeman frontiersman woodworker feller ranger huntsman
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Antonyms

prey unarmed man female hunter

Hypernyms

artificer rustic craftsman artisan journeyman

Hyponyms

carpenter carver joiner cabinetmaker

Related terms

backwoodsman woodmanship woodsmanship

Derivatives

woodsmen

Examples

You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less. Haruki Murakami

This fellow,” he indicated the woodsman with a sweep of his stick, "will reliably not become more alive, but he may have friends or family who will be unsettled to find him so extremely dead. Tad Williams

Baum portrays the Tin Woodsman as an Eastern worker who lost sight of family values for a moment. Source: Internet

Stanley Clisby Arthur, Audubon" An Intimate Life of the American Woodsman (Pelican Publishing, 1937), page 478 When Audubon, at age 18, boarded ship in 1803 to immigrate to the United States, he changed his name to an anglicized form: John James Audubon. Source: Internet

When they meet, the Cowardly Lion strikes the Tin Woodsman with his sharp claws, but to his surprise "he could make an impression on the tin, although the Woodman fell over in the road and lay still." Source: Internet

The Cowardly Lion's first encounter with the Tin Woodsman shows support for both of their characters being based on Bryan and Eastern industrial workers, respectively. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

woodsiest woodsily woodsiness woodsmanship woodsmoke woodsmoked