lumber king

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large-scale operator in lumbering (def. 2), especially in logging (def. 2).

Quotations

1889

At Keswick is seen the charmingly situated resort of one of the great lumber-kings of the country. . . .

1891

[He was] the most popular and respected "lumber-king" on the river.

1964

To the Ottawa lumber kings these ideas were unusual indeed.