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logger

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɡə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈlɑɡɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒɡə(ɹ)
  • homophone: lager (father-bother merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bush ape, lumberjack

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which logs, such as a computer program to keep track of events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who fells trees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lumberman, lumberjack, feller, faller

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

Narrower terms: scorer, Bunyan, Paul Bunyan

History

Etymology

From log + -er.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дървосекач (dǎrvosekač) — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Finnish: metsuri — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • French: bûcheron — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • German: Holzfäller — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Greek: υλοτόμος (ylotómos) — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Irish: lománaí — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Italian: boscaiolo — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Italian: taglialegna — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Polish: drwal — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Polish: rębacz — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Russian: лесору́б (lesorúb) — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Russian: дровосе́к (drovosék) — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Spanish: leñador — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Tagalog: mangangalap — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • Turkish: ormancı — worker whose occupation is to harvest trees
  • French: consignateur — one that logs
  • Greek: καταγραφέας (katagraféas) — one that logs
  • Polish: program logujący — one that logs