Sawyer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɔːjə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sawyer is a noun meaning One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
Meaning
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
More Meanings
- (US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
- A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
- (US, dialect) The bowfin.
Example Sentences
‘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.’
Word Forms
- sawyers
- sawier
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include woodcutter, lumberman, woodsman, logger, lumberjack, bushman.
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