bull of the woods

noun
1.
the foreman of a logging operation.
Origin
1915-20
Slang definitions & phrases for bull of the woods

bull of the woods

noun phrase
  1. The foreman or chief; boss (1920s+ Loggers & truckers)
  2. Any chief or supervisor: Oakes is bull of the woods in the proofroom (1940s+)

[perhaps because the Bull of the Woods was the first locomotive used in logging, in 1852]