lumberman N. Amer.
(ˈlʌmbəmən)
[f. lumber n.1 + man.]
One whose work is among lumber or rough timber, esp. one who fells and dresses timber in the forest.
| a 1817 T. Dwight Trav. New Eng., etc. II. (1821) 166 The lumbermen were without employment. 1870 Emerson Soc. & Solit. Wks. (Bohn) III. 1 He envied every drover and lumberman in the tavern. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 711/1 The veteran lumberman and politician, Hon. Philetus Sawyer, is a conspicuous example. |