sawyer

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsɔːjə/
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/ˈsɔːjə/ · /ˈsɔɪ.ə/ · /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/ (US) · /ˈsɔ.jɚ/ (US)

Definition of sawyer

14 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
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noun

  1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
  2. (US)A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
    “‘A’most used-up I am, I do declare!’ she observed. ‘The jolting in the cars is pretty nigh as bad as if the rail was full of snags and sawyers.’”
  3. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
  4. (US, dialectal)The bowfin.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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Etymology

From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.

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