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woodsman

[woodz-muhn] / ˈwʊdz mən /
NOUN
person who lives/works in the woods
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Audubon saw himself as a woodsman, as well as a naturalist, and he used strikingly bellicose language to describe his travels and research.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023

This led police to believe that Hart was an expert woodsman and exceptionally skilled at hiding in the vast wilderness.

From Salon ● May 26, 2022

Despite a duet with certified country man Chris Stapleton and a song actually called “Flannel,” JT’s supposed woodsman makeover proved a bit of a pump fake.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2018

He is said to be an experienced woodsman who can survive in remote areas for long periods of time.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2018

And then the horse let out a noise and the woodsman relaxed his grip on the ax and lifted the reins.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Some—like the Shakespeare-reading New Hampshire farmer John Ordway and the Kentucky woodsmen Joseph and Reuben Field—were poor and bored and ready for adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Moments of recognizable Twin Peaks lore punctuate a tale about the cyclical battle between good and evil, set in a 1950s New Mexico town invaded by mysterious woodsmen.

From The Verge ● Jan. 2, 2018

“It was actually kind of a running joke between him and me because on the radio they’re like, ‘Oh they’re not woodsmen, this and that,’” Mr. Sweat said.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2016

And there are far more surreal story lines that involve Sally as a vast flying machine and another one of woodsmen wandering inside the body of Jefferson.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016

She thought again of the woodsman, and what he might have told her, and hoped there were as many woodsmen here as wolves.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu


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