lumberjack

[ luhm-ber-jak ]

noun

1. a person who works at lumbering; lumber; lumbering; logger.
2. lumber jacket.
3. Canadian. the gray jay.

lumberjack

/ ˈlʌmbəˌdʒæk /

noun

1. (esp in North America) a person whose work involves felling trees, transporting the timber, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumberjack¹

First recorded in 1825–35; lumber ¹ + jack ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumberjack¹

C19: from lumber ¹+ jack ¹(man)

Example Sentences

Jim Miller once thrashed Poirier’s calves with the ferociousness of a lumberjack chopping down a tree, a pain so extreme, Poirier suffered a takedown and left the cage with a limp.

From Seattle Times

Deadfall is a particularly thorny problem, and the club’s latter-day lumberjacks head out with chain saws in tow to remove trees upward of 4 feet in diameter.

From Seattle Times

Grgich won asylum in Canada after agreeing to work as a lumberjack in British Columbia.

From Seattle Times

Clive had come here to southern Washington State when he was just sixteen, to work as a lumberjack.

From Literature

Sinisa Jankovic, a lumberjack from Banjska, which is nestled in the green valleys of northern Kosovo, said he had heard heavy gunfire in the dead of night as the battle raged.

From New York Times