Dictionary

sawyer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɔːjə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/ (Northern, US, Western)
• /ˈsɔ.jɚ/ (Southern, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɔɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.

Meanings

1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
2. (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.’ 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
3. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
4. (US, dialectal) The bowfin.

Forms

Deriveds

ndersawyer · ripsawyer · woodsawyer · topsawyer

Relateds

fret-sawyer

Translations (22)

ga sábhadóir (one who saws timber) · fi sahaaja (one who saws timber) · izh sahhaaja (one who saws timber) · fi sahuri (one who saws timber) · pt serrador (one who saws timber) · de Sägerin (one who saws timber) · cs pilař (one who saws timber) · tr bıçkıcı (one who saws timber) · de Säger (one who saws timber) · ru пи́льщик (one who saws timber) · eo segilisto (one who saws timber) · fr scieur (one who saws timber) · sv sågverksarbetare (one who saws timber) · es aserrador (one who saws timber) · mk пилар (one who saws timber) · fr scieuse (one who saws timber) · es aserradora (one who saws timber) · ota بچقیجی (one who saws timber) · nl zager (one who saws timber) · sv sågare (one who saws timber) · cs pilařka (one who saws timber) · mk бичкиџија (one who saws timber)