sawyer
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsɔːjə//
- United Kingdom//ˈsɔɪ.ə//
- United States//ˈsɔɪ.ɚ//
- United States//ˈsɔ.jɚ//
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
noun
- 1
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- 2
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
The bowfin.
Etymology
From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.
Forms
- plural
- sawyers
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sawyer · One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
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