Wood"man (?), n.; pl. Woodmen (). [Written also woodsman.]

1.

A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester.

[Eng.]

2.

A sportsman; a hunter.

[The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak.

3.

One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

Woodman, spare that tree. G. P. Morris.

4.

One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

 

© Webster 1913.

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