lumbermann.
/ˈlʌmbəmən/, /ˈlʌmbəman/, U.S. /ˈləmbərmən/ North American.
One whose work is among lumber or rough timber, esp. one who fells and dresses timber in the forest.
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a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 166 The lumbermen were without employment.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 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.
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