logman

English

Etymology

log +‎ -man

Noun

logman (plural logmen)

1. A man employed to carry or transport logs.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     To make me slave to it; and for your sake
     Am I this patient log-man.

2. A logger

References

• “logman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.