lumberman
noun
lum·ber·man
ˈləm-bər-mən 
: a person who is engaged in or oversees the business of cutting, processing, and marketing lumber
Examples of lumberman in a Sentence
a lumberman who supervises the rest of the team during logging season
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In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
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Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
Two other men also applied for a barbed wire patent with changes of their own: lumberman Jacob Haish and merchant Isaac Leonard Ellwood, according to Encyclopedia online.
—Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
One occupant was James P. Whelan, a lumberman.
—Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
Owned by lumberman James A. Bowman, the venue had just opened — March 13, 1921 — at 600 Main St.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
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Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
Two other men also applied for a barbed wire patent with changes of their own: lumberman Jacob Haish and merchant Isaac Leonard Ellwood, according to Encyclopedia online.
—Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
One occupant was James P. Whelan, a lumberman.
—Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
Owned by lumberman James A. Bowman, the venue had just opened — March 13, 1921 — at 600 Main St.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
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“Lumberman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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lumberman
noun
lum·ber·man
-mən
: a person involved in the business of cutting, trimming, and selling lumber
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