Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who fells trees and transports the timber to a mill; a logger.
  • noun A short, warm outer jacket.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who works in a logging-camp.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a person who works at lumbering; a lumberman.
  • noun (Zool.), Canadian The grey jay.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a person whose work is to fell trees.
  • noun a lumberjacket.
  • verb transitive To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who fells trees
  • noun a short warm outer jacket

Etymologies

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From lumber and jack.

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Examples

  • We always did wonder about your 'lumberjack' shirts Niles!

    Happy 40th Birthday Monty Python's Flying Circus 2009

  • Canadian "lumberjack" named Vincent became the base, the machine gun being fired from his back.

    The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902

  • When it came to the bidding countries media expo he'd swapped his casual 'lumberjack' attire for an expensive designer suit as he joined England coach Fabio Capello and England's bid leader Lord Triesman.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • When it came to the bidding countries media expo he'd swapped his casual 'lumberjack' attire for an expensive designer suit as he joined England coach Fabio Capello and England's bid leader Lord Triesman.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • When it came to the bidding countries media expo he'd swapped his casual 'lumberjack' attire for an expensive designer suit as he joined England coach Fabio Capello and England's bid leader Lord Triesman.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • I have only written a handful of carefully written Yelp reviews, and none of them feature spam-worthy words like "lumberjack", "rolex", or "viagra".

    The Social Media blog has moved to: http://www.socializemobilize.com 2008

  • "Just because a lumberjack is a beast is no reason that a college man is all right because he's less of

    The Plastic Age Percy Marks 1923

  • "You will be called a lumberjack -- a social pariah.

    The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

  • I agree that Harris (admittedly) used sexist language in his article, although I do believe his claim that he would have used sexist language about a male candidate with similar interests / beliefs (i.e. "lumberjack" and

    Planet Atheism 2008

  • "Seventy-five thousand dollars' worth of steel, that's my guess," said the 42-year-old former lumberjack, who had been living almost full time on Barge 202, as authorities dubbed the rusting steel slab bobbing in a channel 82 miles east of Portland, Ore.

    Living Alone on a Steel Barge Clearly Has a Downside Joel Millman 2011

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