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woodcutter

noun · 4 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈwʊdˌkʌtɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who cuts down trees, especially as an occupation; a lumberjack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who cuts wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who makes woodcuts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

cuts down trees and chops wood as a job

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

Narrower terms: Ali Baba

History

Etymology

From wood + cutter.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَطَّاب (ḥaṭṭāb) — person who cuts wood
  • Armenian: փայտահատ (pʻaytahat) — person who cuts wood
  • Azerbaijani: odunçu — person who cuts wood
  • Azerbaijani: ağacqıran — person who cuts wood
  • Belarusian: дрывасе́к (dryvasjék) — person who cuts wood
  • Belarusian: драўні́к (drawník) — person who cuts wood
  • Belarusian: лесару́б (ljesarúb) — person who cuts wood
  • Bulgarian: дървосека́ч (dǎrvosekáč) — person who cuts wood
  • Bulgarian: дърва́р (dǎrvár) — person who cuts wood
  • Catalan: estellador — person who cuts wood
  • Catalan: estelladora — person who cuts wood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樵夫 (qiáofū) — person who cuts wood
  • Czech: dřevorytec — person who cuts wood
  • Dutch: houthakker — person who cuts wood
  • Estonian: puuraidur — person who cuts wood
  • Finnish: puunhakkaaja — person who cuts wood
  • French: bûcheron — person who cuts wood
  • Georgian: ტყისმჭრელი (ṭq̇ismč̣reli) — person who cuts wood
  • German: Holzfäller — person who cuts wood
  • German: Holzhacker — person who cuts wood
  • Greek: ξυλοκόπος (xylokópos) — person who cuts wood
  • Ancient Greek: ξυλοκόπος (xulokópos) — person who cuts wood
  • Hungarian: favágó — person who cuts wood
  • Indonesian: pembelah kayu — person who cuts wood
  • Italian: taglialegna — person who cuts wood
  • Japanese: 樵 (kikori) — person who cuts wood
  • Korean: 나무꾼 (namukkun) — person who cuts wood
  • Macedonian: дрвосечач (drvosečač) — person who cuts wood
  • Macedonian: дрвар (drvar) — person who cuts wood
  • Persian: چوببر (čub-bor) — person who cuts wood
  • Polish: drwal — person who cuts wood
  • Russian: дровосе́к (drovosék) — person who cuts wood
  • Russian: лесору́б (lesorúb) — person who cuts wood
  • Russian: дровору́б (drovorúb) — person who cuts wood
  • Slovak: drevorubač — person who cuts wood
  • Slovak: drevorytec — person who cuts wood
  • Slovene: drvar — person who cuts wood
  • Tajik: ҳезум-бур (hezum-bur) — person who cuts wood
  • Tajik: ҳезумкаш (hezumkaš) — person who cuts wood
  • Turkish: oduncu — person who cuts wood
  • Ukrainian: дроворі́з (drovoríz) — person who cuts wood
  • Ukrainian: дровору́б (drovorúb) — person who cuts wood
  • Ukrainian: лісору́б (lisorúb) — person who cuts wood
  • Finnish: puunkaivertaja — person who makes woodcuts
  • Finnish: puunleikkaaja — person who makes woodcuts
  • German: Formschneider — person who makes woodcuts
  • German: Xylograph — person who makes woodcuts
  • Polish: drzeworytnik — person who makes woodcuts
  • Polish: drzeworytniczka — person who makes woodcuts
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