logger

noun

log·​ger ˈlȯ-gər How to pronounce logger (audio)
ˈlä-
: one engaged in logging

Examples of logger in a Sentence

the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down
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It was offered to Carter amid a protest by loggers angry and anxious about his administration’s plans to expand Redwood National Park along California’s northern coast and eliminate their jobs. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 For other tasks like calculating timber volume, tree age and health, and measuring tree diameter, Ramsay uses specialized forestry devices like a tree boring tool and loggers tape. Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025 The buildings hearken back to days when miners and loggers crowded the main street’s saloons. Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Longwood’s modern history begins a half-century later, when the industrialist Pierre S. du Pont purchased the arboretum to save it from the logger’s ax. airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for logger 

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of logger was in 1732

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logger. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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logger

noun
log·​ger ˈlȯg-ər How to pronounce logger (audio)
ˈläg-
: one whose work is logging

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