sawyer
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sawyer¹
- /ˈsɔːjə/ UK
- /ˈsɔɪ.ə/ UK
- /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/ Northern, US, Western
- /ˈsɔ.jɚ/ Southern, US
Sounds like soya (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ), -ɔː.jə(ɹ), -ɔɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.
noun sawyers · sawier
- One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- 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.’
- A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
- The bowfin.
Sawyer²
Rhymes with -ɔɪə(ɹ), -ɔː.jə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
* As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar.
* As a French surname, variant of Seguin.
proper noun Sawyers
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood. Judge Daniel Sawyer told Somerville that his sentence would act as a deterrent to others following subsequent protests in the area.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A minor city in Pratt County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Chikaming township, Berrien County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
- A ghost town in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- A hamlet in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, New York.
- A minor city in Ward County, North Dakota.
- A town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sawyer beetle, jacob, saskatchewan, colby, woodcutter, lumberman, woodsman, timberman, logger, lumberjack, bushman, forester, hewer, chopper, axeman, woodworker
Translations
Talk about this word "sawyer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sawyer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sawyer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sawyer "sawyer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sawyer.Cite this
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title = {sawyer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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