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lumberman
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1an.
an owner or manager of a company engaged in lumbering (def. 2).
Quotations
1823
The crown ought to dispose of timber to honest lumbermen at one farthing per foot.
1829
Lumbermen and Shantymen are nearly synonymous; with this difference, that the former are generally the masters, or, what the Canadians call, the Bourgeois of the latter.
1897
The immense value of this industry, also comparatively new, is beginning to interest eastern lumbermen both in Canada and the States.
1963
The old-time lumber man plundered the forest. . . .
1bn.
a lumbering company as an entity.
Quotations
1964
Take notice that CANADIAN COLLIERIES RESOURCES LIMITED of Vancouver, B.C. occupation Lumberman intends to apply for a lease of the following lands. . . .
2n.
a person whose occupation is logging.
See: logger(def. 1)
Quotations
1824
The people employed in what they call The Lumber Trade, that is in preparing the timber in this country for shipment, are denominated Lumber Men; and possess a rather doubtful character in many parts of the country. . . .
1839
The Governor of New Brunswick has sent an agent to the Arrostook, to persuade the lumbermen there to give up the arms stolen from the Arsenal, and to return as peaceable citizens and loyal subjects of the Queen.
1900
Somewhere above me I knew that a crew of lumbermen were at work. . . .
1958
. . . the roads are little more than bush trails, seldom travelled except by lumbermen. . . .
1966
Some of the jobs most suitable for Indians are . . . fire rangers, timber cruisers, scalers . . . lumbermen, game wardens . . . park wardens and guides. . . .
3†n.
See timber ship quote.
See: timber ship
Quotations
1912
. . . liner, tramp, fisher, lumberman, geordie, greaser was all the same to him.