N. Amer. [f. LUMBER v.2 + -ER1.] One engaged in the lumber or timber trade.
1809. Kendall, Trav., III. 33. To this mill, the surrounding lumberers or fellers of timber bring their logs.
1861. Woods, Pr. of Wales in Canada, 152. The lumberers, who in Ottawa welcomed the Prince in their procession of canoes.
1884. Ld. Blackburn, in Law Rep., 9 App. Cases 410. The legislature confined the enactment to the seasons during which lumberers ordinarily ply their trade.