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woodsman

[woodz-muhn] / ˈwʊdz mən /
NOUN
person who lives/works in the woods
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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

The cards you use to beat the woodsman have attack and life values and unique abilities that synergize with one another to create devastatingly overpowered combos that are an utter delight to assemble and trigger.

From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021

Air Force veteran and a father of four who has made money as a woodsman, has been known to invite kayakers and boaters into his home, sharing stories about his life in the wild.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021

A skilled woodsman, tough and common-born, Boone came to the world’s attention thanks to a land speculator named John Filson.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2018

She’s tricked and almost eaten, until a woodsman saves her.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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

A delegation of burly woodsmen approached Brown, who is 5-foot-2, and invited her to go out into the forest with them.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2021

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

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

Hazel had believed in woodsmen and magic shoes and swanskins and the easy magic of a compass.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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