Saw

proper nounnountop 1 000 in film dialogue

Australia

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from saw. Compare Sawyer. * Borrowed from Hindi साव (sāv); this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state. * Borrowed from Burmese စော (cau:), a nickname meaning "honorable".

noun

1
slangA Bahamian.
Since Tea Cake and Janie had friended with the Bahaman workers in the ’Glades, they, the “Saws,” had been gradually drawn into the American crowd.

Forms

plural: Saws

Saviour · UK standard spelling of Savior.savvy · Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.saw · A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood…

Saw · A surname.

SAW · صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi…sawyer · One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.Sawyer · A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.