ˈwu̇dmən noun
( plural woodmen )
Etymology: Middle English wodeman, from wode wood + man
1.
a. : woodsman
b. : one who cuts wood especially for fuel
2. usually capitalized
[from Modern Woodmen of America, society founded at Lyons, Iowa in 1883 and Woodmen of the World, society founded at Omaha, Nebraska in 1890]
: a member of either of two fraternal and beneficiary societies