Meanings
present singular third person lumberjacks · participle present lumberjacking · participle past lumberjacked · past lumberjacked
- transitiveTo work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer.
2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person whose work is to fell trees.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ξυλοκόπος
- ξυλοκόπος (xulokópos)person who fells trees
Arabic حَطَّاب
- حَطَّاب (ḥaṭṭāb)person who fells trees
Bulgarian дървосека́ч, дърва́р
- дървосека́ч (dărvosekáč)person who fells trees
- дърва́р (dărvár)person who fells trees
Catalan llenyataire
- llenyataireperson who fells trees
Chinese Mandarin 伐木工
- 伐木工 (fámùgōng)person who fells trees
Czech dřevorubec
- dřevorubecperson who fells trees
Danish skovhugger
- skovhuggerperson who fells trees
Dutch houthakker
- houthakkerperson who fells trees
Esperanto arbohakisto
- arbohakistoperson who fells trees
Estonian puuraidur
- puuraidurperson who fells trees
Finnish metsuri
- metsuriperson who fells trees
French bûcheron
- bûcheronperson who fells trees
German Holzfäller, Holzfällerin
- Holzfällerperson who fells trees
- Holzfällerinperson who fells trees
Greek ξυλοκόπος
- ξυλοκόπος (xylokópos)person who fells trees
Hebrew חוֹטֵב עֵצִים
- חוֹטֵב עֵצִים (ẖotév 'etzím)person who fells trees
Hindi लकड़हारा
- लकड़हारा (lakaṛhārā)person who fells trees
Hungarian favágó
- favágóperson who fells trees
Icelandic skógarhöggsmaður
- skógarhöggsmaðurperson who fells trees
Irish lománaí
- lománaíperson who fells trees
Italian boscaiolo, tagliaboschi
- boscaioloperson who fells trees
- tagliaboschiperson who fells trees
Japanese 樵, 木こり
- 樵 (kikori)person who fells trees
- 木こり (kikori)person who fells trees
Korean 나무꾼
- 나무꾼 (namukkun)person who fells trees
Latin lignātor
- lignātorperson who fells trees
Latvian kokcirtējs
- kokcirtējsperson who fells trees
Lithuanian medkirtys
- medkirtysperson who fells trees
Norwegian Bokmål tømmerhugger
- tømmerhuggerperson who fells trees
Persian چوببر
- چوببر (čub-bor)person who fells trees
Polish drwal
- drwalperson who fells trees
Portuguese lenhador, madeireiro
- lenhadorperson who fells trees
- madeireiroperson who fells trees
Romanian lemnar
- lemnarperson who fells trees
Russian лесору́б, дровосе́к
- лесору́б (lesorúb)person who fells trees
- дровосе́к (drovosék)person who fells trees
- ва́льщик ле́са (válʹščik lésa)person who fells trees
Slovak drevorubač
- drevorubačperson who fells trees
Spanish leñador, talador
- leñadorperson who fells trees
- taladorperson who fells trees
Swedish skogshuggare
- skogshuggareperson who fells trees
Tagalog magkakahoy
- magkakahoyperson who fells trees
Turkish oduncu, ormancı
- oduncuperson who fells trees
- ormancıperson who fells trees
Ukrainian лісору́б, дровору́б
- лісору́б (lisorúb)person who fells trees
- дровору́б (drovorúb)person who fells trees
Vietnamese tiều phu
- tiều phuperson who fells trees
Welsh coedwigwr, cymynwr coed
- coedwigwrperson who fells trees
- cymynwr coedperson who fells trees
Yiddish האָלצהעקער
- האָלצהעקער (holtsheker)person who fells trees
Cite this entry
lumberjack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumberjack
“lumberjack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumberjack. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lumberjack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumberjack.
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