lumberjack

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lumberjack

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Etymology

From lumber +‎ jack, of Canadian origin.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/

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Noun

lumberjack (plural lumberjacks)

1. A person whose work is to fell trees.

   Synonyms: faller, feller, (contemporary) logger, lumberman, woodcutter

   • 1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python:

     He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory

2. A lumberjacket.

Derived terms

• lumberjack breakfast
• lumberjacket
• lumberjack shirt
• lumbersexual
• urban lumberjack

Translations

person who fells trees

Albanian: druvar (sq) m Arabic: حَطَّاب m (ḥaṭṭāb) Armenian: անտառահատ (hy) (antaṙahat), ծառահատ (hy) (caṙahat), փայտահատ (hy) (pʻaytahat) Aromanian: limnar m Assamese: খৰিকটীয়া (khorikotia) Azerbaijani: odunçu Belarusian: лесару́б m (ljesarúb), драўні́к m (draŭník), дрывасе́к m (dryvasjék) Bulgarian: дървосека́ч (bg) m (dǎrvosekáč), дърва́р (bg) m (dǎrvár) Catalan: llenyataire (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 伐木工 (zh) (fámùgōng) Czech: dřevorubec (cs) m Danish: skovhugger c Dutch: houthakker (nl) m or f Esperanto: arbohakisto Estonian: puuraidur Faroese: skóghøggari m Finnish: metsuri (fi) French: bûcheron (fr) m Galician: leñador m, fragueiro m Georgian: ტყისმჭრელი (ṭq̇ismč̣reli) German: Holzfäller (de) m, Holzfällerin (de) f Greek: ξυλοκόπος (el) m (xylokópos) Ancient: ξυλοκόπος m (xulokópos) Hindi: लकड़हारा (hi) m (lakaṛhārā) Hungarian: favágó (hu) Icelandic: skógarhöggsmaður (is) m Irish: lománaí m Italian: boscaiolo (it) m, tagliaboschi m Japanese: 樵 (ja) (きこり, kikori), 木こり (きこり, kikori) Kashubian: rãbca m Kazakh: ағаш кесуші (ağaş kesuşı), отыншы (otynşy) Korean: 나무꾼 (ko) (namukkun) Kyrgyz: отунчу (otuncu) Latin: lignātor m Latvian: kokcirtējs m Lithuanian: medkirtys m Macedonian: дрвосечач m (drvosečač), дрвар m (drvar) Marathi: लाकूडतोड्या m (lākūḍtoḍyā) Norwegian: Bokmål: tømmerhugger (no) m Old English: wuduhēawere m Ottoman Turkish: اوطونجی (oduncu) Persian: چوب‌بر (fa) (čub-bor) Polish: drwal (pl) m Portuguese: lenhador (pt), madeireiro m Romanian: lemnar (ro) m Russian: лесору́б (ru) m (lesorúb), дровосе́к (ru) m (drovosék), ва́льщик ле́са m (válʹščik lésa) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дрво̀сеча m, дрво̀сјеча m Roman: drvòseča m, drvòsječa (sh) m Slovak: drevorubač (sk) m Slovene: drvar m Spanish: leñador (es) m, talador (es) m Swedish: skogshuggare (sv) c Tagalog: magkakahoy Tajik: ҳезум-бур (hezum-bur), ҳезумкаш (hezumkaš) Turkish: oduncu (tr), ormancı (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎉𐎁 (ḫṭb) Ukrainian: лісору́б m (lisorúb), дровору́б m (drovorúb) Venetan: boschier (vec) m, buschier m Vietnamese: tiều phu (vi) Walloon: bokion (wa) m, boskiyon (wa) m, abateu (wa) m Welsh: coedwigwr m, cymynwr coed m Yiddish: האָלצהעקער m (holtsheker)

lumberjacket — see lumberjacket

Verb

lumberjack (third-person singular simple present lumberjacks, present participle lumberjacking, simple past and past participle lumberjacked)

1. (transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
   • 2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times‎:

     Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer.

See also

• lumbermill