Meanings
nounwoodcutter (plural woodcutters)
plural woodcutters
- A person who cuts down trees, especially as an occupation; a lumberjack.
- A person who cuts wood.
- A person who makes woodcuts.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ξυλοκόπος
- ξυλοκόπος (xulokópos)person who cuts wood
Arabic حَطَّاب
- حَطَّاب (ḥaṭṭāb)person who cuts wood
Bulgarian дървосека́ч, дърва́р
- дървосека́ч (dărvosekáč)person who cuts wood
- дърва́р (dărvár)person who cuts wood
Catalan estellador, estelladora
- estelladorperson who cuts wood
- estelladoraperson who cuts wood
Chinese Mandarin 樵夫
- 樵夫 (qiáofū)person who cuts wood
Czech dřevorytec
- dřevorytecperson who cuts wood
Dutch houthakker
- houthakkerperson who cuts wood
Estonian puuraidur
- puuraidurperson who cuts wood
Finnish puunhakkaaja, puunkaivertaja
- puunhakkaajaperson who cuts wood
- puunkaivertajaperson who makes woodcuts
- puunleikkaajaperson who makes woodcuts
French bûcheron
- bûcheronperson who cuts wood
German Holzfäller, Holzhacker
- Holzfällerperson who cuts wood
- Holzhackerperson who cuts wood
- Formschneiderperson who makes woodcuts
- Xylographperson who makes woodcuts
Greek ξυλοκόπος
- ξυλοκόπος (xylokópos)person who cuts wood
Hungarian favágó
- favágóperson who cuts wood
Indonesian pembelah kayu
- pembelah kayuperson who cuts wood
Italian taglialegna
- taglialegnaperson who cuts wood
Japanese 樵
- 樵 (kikori)person who cuts wood
Korean 나무꾼
- 나무꾼 (namukkun)person who cuts wood
Persian چوببر
- چوببر (čub-bor)person who cuts wood
Polish drwal, drzeworytnik
- drwalperson who cuts wood
- drzeworytnikperson who makes woodcuts
- drzeworytniczkaperson who makes woodcuts
Russian дровосе́к, лесору́б
- дровосе́к (drovosék)person who cuts wood
- лесору́б (lesorúb)person who cuts wood
- дровору́б (drovorúb)person who cuts wood
Slovak drevorubač, drevorytec
- drevorubačperson who cuts wood
- drevorytecperson who cuts wood
Turkish oduncu
- oduncuperson who cuts wood
Ukrainian дроворі́з, дровору́б
- дроворі́з (drovoríz)person who cuts wood
- дровору́б (drovorúb)person who cuts wood
- лісору́б (lisorúb)person who cuts wood
Cite this entry
APA
woodcutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodcutter
MLA
“woodcutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodcutter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodcutter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodcutter.
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