woodman

English

/ˈwʊdmən/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) Someone who hunts animals in a wood, hunter, huntsman.
  • Someone who cut cuts down trees or cuts and sells wood, lumberjack, woodcutter.
  • Someone who lives in the wood and manages it; a woodsman; (by extension) someone who spends time in the woods and has a strong familiarity with that environment.
  • (obsolete) Someone who lives in the woods and is considered to be uncivilized or barbaric, a savage.
  • Someone who makes things from wood.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English woodeman inherited from Old English wudemann suf from English wood (mad, insane, wild, furious).

Origin

English

wood

Gloss

mad, insane, wild, furious

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