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raftsman Lumbering, Hist. 
n. a person employed in the rafting (def. 1) of timber.
See also: rafter ((v.)) (def. 1) rafting (def. 1)
- 1776 (1845) A small current begins here, and the raftsmen are not obliged to row.
- 1818 He gives the Canadian raftsmen a bad character for idleness . . . and says, that in the greatest dangers, such as passing rapids, they will leave their oars, and fall on their knees to pray to some favourite saint!
- 1961 By this date there [was] a grist mill which provided flour for the raftsmen and shantymen. . . .
- 1776 (1845) A small current begins here, and the raftsmen are not obliged to row.