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lumberjack

noun · verb · 5 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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  • General-American: /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH1 M B ER0 JH AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person whose work is to fell trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: faller, feller, logger, lumberman, woodcutter

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A lumberjacket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a short warm outer jacket

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lumber jacket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jacket

5

noun

Meaning 5

a person who fells trees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lumberman, logger, feller, faller

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

Narrower terms: scorer, Bunyan, Paul Bunyan

History

Etymology

From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: druvar — person who fells trees
  • Arabic: حَطَّاب (ḥaṭṭāb) — person who fells trees
  • Armenian: անտառահատ (antaṙahat) — person who fells trees
  • Armenian: ծառահատ (caṙahat) — person who fells trees
  • Armenian: փայտահատ (pʻaytahat) — person who fells trees
  • Aromanian: limnar — person who fells trees
  • Assamese: খৰিকটীয়া (khorikotia) — person who fells trees
  • Azerbaijani: odunçu — person who fells trees
  • Azerbaijani: ağacqıran — person who fells trees
  • Belarusian: лесару́б (ljesarúb) — person who fells trees
  • Belarusian: драўні́к (drawník) — person who fells trees
  • Belarusian: дрывасе́к (dryvasjék) — person who fells trees
  • Bulgarian: дървосека́ч (dǎrvosekáč) — person who fells trees
  • Bulgarian: дърва́р (dǎrvár) — person who fells trees
  • Catalan: llenyataire — person who fells trees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伐木工 (fámùgōng) — person who fells trees
  • Czech: dřevorubec — person who fells trees
  • Danish: skovhugger — person who fells trees
  • Dutch: houthakker — person who fells trees
  • Esperanto: arbohakisto — person who fells trees
  • Estonian: puuraidur — person who fells trees
  • Faroese: skóghøggari — person who fells trees
  • Finnish: metsuri — person who fells trees
  • French: bûcheron — person who fells trees
  • Galician: leñador — person who fells trees
  • Galician: fragueiro — person who fells trees
  • Georgian: ტყისმჭრელი (ṭq̇ismč̣reli) — person who fells trees
  • German: Holzfäller — person who fells trees
  • German: Holzfällerin — person who fells trees
  • Greek: ξυλοκόπος (xylokópos) — person who fells trees
  • Ancient Greek: ξυλοκόπος (xulokópos) — person who fells trees
  • Hebrew: חוֹטֵב עֵצִים (ẖotév 'etzím) — person who fells trees
  • Hindi: लकड़हारा (lakaṛhārā) — person who fells trees
  • Hungarian: favágó — person who fells trees
  • Icelandic: skógarhöggsmaður — person who fells trees
  • Irish: lománaí — person who fells trees
  • Italian: boscaiolo — person who fells trees
  • Italian: tagliaboschi — person who fells trees
  • Japanese: 樵 (kikori) — person who fells trees
  • Japanese: 木こり (kikori) — person who fells trees
  • Kashubian: rãbca — person who fells trees
  • Kazakh: ағаш кесуші (ağaş kesuşı) — person who fells trees
  • Kazakh: отыншы (otynşy) — person who fells trees
  • Korean: 나무꾼 (namukkun) — person who fells trees
  • Kyrgyz: отунчу (otuncu) — person who fells trees
  • Latin: lignātor — person who fells trees
  • Latvian: kokcirtējs — person who fells trees
  • Lithuanian: medkirtys — person who fells trees
  • Macedonian: дрвосечач (drvosečač) — person who fells trees
  • Macedonian: дрвар (drvar) — person who fells trees
  • Marathi: लाकूडतोड्या (lākūḍtoḍyā) — person who fells trees
  • Middle English: fellere — person who fells trees
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tømmerhugger — person who fells trees
  • Old English: wuduhēawere — person who fells trees
  • Persian: چوببر (čub-bor) — person who fells trees
  • Polish: drwal — person who fells trees
  • Portuguese: lenhador — person who fells trees
  • Portuguese: madeireiro — person who fells trees
  • Romanian: lemnar — person who fells trees
  • Russian: лесору́б (lesorúb) — person who fells trees
  • Russian: дровосе́к (drovosék) — person who fells trees
  • Russian: ва́льщик ле́са (válʹščik lésa) — person who fells trees
  • Serbo-Croatian: дрво̀сеча — person who fells trees
  • Serbo-Croatian: дрво̀сјеча — person who fells trees
  • Serbo-Croatian: drvòseča — person who fells trees
  • Serbo-Croatian: drvòsječa — person who fells trees
  • Slovak: drevorubač — person who fells trees
  • Slovene: drvar — person who fells trees
  • Spanish: leñador — person who fells trees
  • Spanish: talador — person who fells trees
  • Swedish: skogshuggare — person who fells trees
  • Tagalog: magkakahoy — person who fells trees
  • Tajik: ҳезум-бур (hezum-bur) — person who fells trees
  • Tajik: ҳезумкаш (hezumkaš) — person who fells trees
  • Turkish: oduncu — person who fells trees
  • Turkish: ormancı — person who fells trees
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوطونجی (oduncu) — person who fells trees
  • Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎉𐎁 (ḫṭb) — person who fells trees
  • Ukrainian: лісору́б (lisorúb) — person who fells trees
  • Ukrainian: дровору́б (drovorúb) — person who fells trees
  • Venetan: boschier — person who fells trees
  • Venetan: buschier — person who fells trees
  • Vietnamese: tiều phu — person who fells trees
  • Walloon: bokion — person who fells trees
  • Walloon: boskiyon — person who fells trees
  • Walloon: abateu — person who fells trees
  • Welsh: coedwigwr — person who fells trees
  • Welsh: cymynwr coed — person who fells trees
  • Yiddish: האָלצהעקער (holtsheker) — person who fells trees