Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inhabitant of the woods.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A dweller in a woodland.

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  • noun A dweller in a woodland.

Etymologies

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woodland +‎ -er

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Examples

  • As every woodlander knows, dead wood is bulky but light: it makes good kindling and can be useful for the rapid heat burst you need in a bread oven, but has already been half consumed by fungi, bacteria, woodlice and insects.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • As every woodlander knows, dead wood is bulky but light: it makes good kindling and can be useful for the rapid heat burst you need in a bread oven, but has already been half consumed by fungi, bacteria, woodlice and insects.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • The prospect appeared good; a woodlander could learn city ways if she was clever, and this woman had other desirable qualities as well.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • The prospect appeared good; a woodlander could learn city ways if she was clever, and this woman had other desirable qualities as well.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988

  • The other woodlander arose the moment the door was closed behind his companion.

    Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan

  • Prior stroked and caressed it, and said: "God bless thee, little woodlander, and may the nuts never fail thee!"

    A Child's Book of Saints William Canton 1909

  • As, according to the proverb, the woodlander sees nothing of the wood for its trees, so those who live in the world know nothing of it.

    Prose Fancies (Second Series) Richard Le Gallienne 1906

  • He dressed in bottle green, the uniform of a cyclist, and he looked like a rollicking woodlander of the

    Golden Lads Arthur Gleason 1900

  • They found the Faith Healer by a little stream, eating bread and honey, and, like an ancient woodlander drinking from a horn -- relics of his rank imposture.

    Northern Lights, Volume 4. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • They found the Faith Healer by a little stream, eating bread and honey, and, like an ancient woodlander drinking from a horn -- relics of his rank imposture.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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