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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An 11-minute, 13-episode 2D satire in which an Amazonian trickster spirit launches anarchic eco-pranks to repel loggers. Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025 The roof’s materials were sourced from local sustainable loggers and sovereign tribal groups, all within a 300-mile radius of the airport. AFAR Media, 11 July 2025 Sherman portrayed the youngest of three brothers, the shy, stammering logger Jeremy Bolt, on the 1968-70 Screen Gems/ABC show. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025 In his years as a reporter, Kinnick observed as conspiracy theories went from being the domain of loggers who thought forests were full of fake-tree surveillance devices to representing a dominant current in electoral politics. Chris Stanton, Vulture, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of logger was in 1732

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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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