sawyer

[saw-yer, soi-er]

noun

1. a person who saws saw wood, especially as an occupation.

2. Also called sawyer beetle. any of several long-horned beetles, especially one of the genus Monochamus, the larvae of which bore in the wood of coniferous trees.

sawyer

/ ˈsɔːjə /

noun

1. a person who saws timber for a living

Other Word Forms

• undersawyer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sawyer¹

1300–50; Middle English sawier, equivalent to sawe saw ¹ + -ier -ier ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sawyer¹

C14 sawier, from _saw ¹ + -ier, variant of _-er ¹

Example Sentences

On the day the Capitol Christmas Tree was harvested, locals gathered to watch two sawyers cut the trunk with a vintage Forest Service cross-cut saw—an ode to the historic timber industry within the Monongahela.

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Born in 1818, Mr Davies had humble beginnings as the son of a farmer and sawyer.

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In her spare time, she volunteers to maintain a six-mile stretch of the nearby Appalachian Trail, one of only a few female sawyers on the AT.

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It was 115 feet tall and 12 feet around, and Wednesday morning, a requiem was held before it was consigned to the sawyers.

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“It makes a ringing sound when you get a groove going,” said Konigsberg, who had prior experience as a sawyer while working on U.S.

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