Someone who cuts down trees; or something that knocks someone down with great force.
From 'fell' (to cut down a tree, from Old English 'fellan') + '-er' (one who does an action). The root relates to 'fall'. Can mean both the person who fells trees and metaphorically something devastating.
Professional timber fellers use physics and geometry to predict exactly where a tree will fall—they cut at specific angles so gravity and the tree's lean determine the direction perfectly!
Historically gendered via occupational gender-coding: 'feller' (tree cutter) typically male-assumed; parallel 'fella' reinforced masculine colloquial usage.
Use when describing actual profession; consider 'tree feller' or 'logging worker' for neutral context when gender is irrelevant.
["tree cutter","logging worker","timber worker"]
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