lumberjack

English

Etymology

lumber +‎ jack, from Canadian English. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk/
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Noun

lumberjack (plural lumberjacks)

A person whose work is to fell trees.
Synonyms: faller, feller, (contemporary) logger, lumberman, woodcutter
- 1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python:
  He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory
A lumberjacket.

Derived terms

lumberjacket
lumberjack shirt
lumbersexual
urban lumberjack

Translations

person who fells trees

Albanian: druvar (sq) m
Arabic: حَطَّاب‎ m (ḥaṭṭāb)
Armenian: անտառահատ (hy) (antaṙahat), ծառահատ (hy) (caṙahat), փայտահատ (hy) (pʿaytahat)
Aromanian: limnar m
Assamese: খৰিকটীয়া (khorikotia)
Azerbaijani: odunçu
Belarusian: лесару́б m (ljesarúb), драўні́к m (draŭník), дрывасе́к m (dryvasjék)
Bulgarian: дървосека́ч m (dǎrvosekáč), дърва́р (bg) m (dǎrvár)
Catalan: llenyataire (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伐木工 (zh) (fámùgōng)
Czech: dřevorubec (cs) m
Danish: skovhugger c
Dutch: houthakker (nl) m or f
Esperanto: arbohakisto
Estonian: puuraidur
Faroese: skóghøggari m
Finnish: metsuri (fi)
French: bûcheron (fr) m
Galician: leñador m, fragueiro m
Georgian: ტყისმჭრელი (ṭq̇ismč̣reli)
German: Holzfäller (de) m, Holzfällerin (de) f
Greek: ξυλοκόπος (el) m (xylokópos)
Ancient: ξυλοκόπος m (xulokópos)
Hindi: लकड़हारा (hi) m (lakaṛhārā)
Hungarian: favágó (hu)
Icelandic: skógarhöggsmaður m
Irish: lománaí m
Italian: boscaiolo (it) m, tagliaboschi m
Japanese: 樵 (ja) (きこり, kikori), 木こり (きこり, kikori)
Kashubian: rãbca m
Kazakh: ағаш кесуші (ağaş kesuşı)
Korean: 나무꾼 (ko) (namukkun)
Latin: lignātor m
Latvian: kokcirtējs m
Lithuanian: medkirtys m
Macedonian: дрвосечач m (drvosečač), дрвар m (drvar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tømmerhugger (no) m
Old English: wuduhēawere m
Polish: drwal (pl) m
Portuguese: lenhador (pt), madeireiro m
Romanian: lemnar (ro) m
Russian: лесору́б (ru) m (lesorúb), дровосе́к (ru) m (drovosék), ва́льщик ле́са m (válʹščik lésa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дрво̀сеча m, дрво̀сјеча m
Roman: drvòseča m, drvòsječa (sh) m
Slovak: drevorubač (sk) m
Slovene: drvar m
Spanish: leñador m, talador (es) m
Swedish: skogshuggare (sv) c
Tagalog: magkakahoy
Turkish: oduncu (tr), ormancı (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎉𐎁 (ḫṭb)
Ukrainian: лісору́б m (lisorúb), дровору́б m (drovorúb)
Venetian: boschier (vec) m, buschier m
Vietnamese: tiều phu (vi)
Walloon: bokion (wa) m, boskiyon (wa) m, abateu (wa) m
Welsh: coedwigwr m, cymynwr coed m
Yiddish: האָלצהעקער‎ m (holtsheker)

lumberjacket — see lumberjacket

Verb

lumberjack (third-person singular simple present lumberjacks, present participle lumberjacking, simple past and past participle lumberjacked)

(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
- 2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times‎:
  Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer.