sawyer
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/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
- One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
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noun
- One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
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(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.’”
- A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
- (US, dialectal)The bowfin.
name
- (countable, uncountable)A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
- (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.
Words you can make from sawyer
89 playable · top: SWAYER (12 pts)
Best play swayer 12 points5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
31 words- AWRY 10 pts
- SWAY 10 pts
- WARY 10 pts
- WAYS 10 pts
- WYES 10 pts
- YAWS 10 pts
- YEWS 10 pts
- AERY 7 pts
- AWES 7 pts
- AYES 7 pts
- EASY 7 pts
- EYAS 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- RAWS 7 pts
- RAYS 7 pts
- RYAS 7 pts
- RYES 7 pts
- WAES 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WARS 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- YEAS 7 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- WAY 9 pts
- WRY 9 pts
- WYE 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YEW 9 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
2-letter words
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