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WOODMAN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does woodman mean?

• WOODMAN (noun)
The noun WOODMAN has 2 senses:

1. someone who lives in the woods
2. makes things out of wood

Familiarity information: WOODMAN used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WOODMAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who lives in the woods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

woodman; woodsman

Hypernyms ("woodman" is a kind of...):

rustic (an unsophisticated country person)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Makes things out of wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

woodworker; woodman; woodsman

Hypernyms ("woodman" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woodman"):

cabinetmaker; furniture maker (a woodworker who specializes in making furniture)

carpenter (a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects)

joiner (a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood)

splicer (a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice)

carver; woodcarver (makes decorative wooden panels)

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