lumberjack
n. countable B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɫəmbɝˌdʒæk// UK //lˈʌmbədʒˌæk// lum·ber·jack
n. a person who cuts down trees and prepares them for use as wood. You often see them working in forests or on logging trucks.
n. a worker who fells trees and prepares them for transport or processing. Often associated with the logging industry in North America and Northern Europe.
The lumberjack used a large axe to cut the tree.
After the heavy snowstorm, the lumberjack had to clear a path through the fallen branches to reach the truck.
The local economy relied heavily on the lumberjack for decades, as the dense pine forests provided the raw materials for the region's primary export industry.
From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.