Hogger

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who cuts down trees for timber ; an individual who takes more than their fair portion or share
2. Someone involved in harvesting wood by felling trees ; a person who greedily claims more than others are entitled to
3. An individual engaged in chopping or logging timber ; one who selfishly appropriates excessive amounts of resources or benefits

Etymology: Before it meant a loggers' tool or a greedy taker, "hog" in English simply meant a young sheep or a castrated pig, and the agent suffix attached to it is much older than the noun itself. The "-er" ending descends from Old English "-ere", which marked a person who does a particular activity, and it passed through Middle English before attaching to "hog" in its later senses. The word's two modern meanings grow from the same verb. To "hog" something is to take more than one's share, a sense rooted in the animal's greedy feeding habits, and that verb-based idea of appropriating everything for oneself is what gives the second meaning its edge. The timber sense works differently, applying the same suffix to the act of cutting and hauling logs, so a single compound noun covers both a lumberman and a glutton.