What is "woodmen"

Woodman \Wood"man\, n.; pl. Woodmen. [Written also woodsman.]

1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. [Eng.]

2. A sportsman; a hunter.

   [The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him for.
   --Shak.

3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

   Woodman, spare that tree.
   --G. P. Morris.

4. One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

n. (plural of woodman English)

Woodmen may refer to:

• One of a number of inter-related fraternal orders
  • Woodmen of the World, based in Omaha, the largest
  • Modern Woodmen of America, the oldest organization from which the others are descended
  • Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Life Association, the smaller group that split from MWA in 1890
  • Supreme Camp of America Woodmen - an African-American group founded in 1901 that merged with the above in 1994
• Woodmen of the World Hall
  • Woodmen Hall (Stuart, Florida)
  • Woodmen Hall (Saint Onge, South Dakota)
• Several communities of Men in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings:
  • Woodmen of Mirkwood, in Second and Third Ages
  • Folk of Haleth or the Woodmen of Brethil, in the First Age
  • Relatives of the Folk of Haleth that lived to the south of Taeglin

See also:

• Woodman (disambiguation)