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woodsman

[woodz-muhn] / ˈwʊdz mən /
NOUN
person who lives/works in the woods
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“Almost everything I write is a product of nature,” said Sgah’gahsowáh, who describes himself as “a woodsman who likes fishing and stuff,” as well as an avid hiker.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2023

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

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

Long before anyone else Telemakhos caught sight of the grey woodsman coming from the door, and called him over with a quick jerk of his head.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

In woods where the woodsmen told lies, maybe it was the wolves who told the truth.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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