woodman

wood·man

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [woo d-muh n]
- /ˈwʊd mən/
- /ˈwʊdmən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woo d-muh n]
- /ˈwʊd mən/

Definitions of woodman word

noun plural woodman woodsman (def 1). 1
noun plural woodman a person who fells timber, especially for fuel. 1
noun plural woodman British. a forester having charge of the king's woods. a woodcutter. a dealer in wood, especially one who sells kindling wood. 1
noun plural woodman Obsolete. a hunter of forest game. 1
noun woodman A person working in woodland, especially a forester or woodcutter. 1
noun woodman a person who looks after and fells trees used for timber 0

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Origin of woodman

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English wodeman, Old English wudumann. See wood1, man1

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Parts of speech for Woodman

noun

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verb

adverb

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Full grammatical hierarchy of Woodman

woodman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

woodman usage trend in Literature

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