Meaning of Sawyer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
2. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
   countable, uncountable
3. A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
   US
4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncountable
5. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
7. A minor city in Pratt County, Kansas.
   countable, uncountable
8. The bowfin.
   US, dialectal
9. An unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky.
   countable, uncountable
10. An unincorporated community in Chikaming township, Berrien County, Michigan.
    countable, uncountable
11. An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
12. A ghost town in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
    countable, uncountable
13. A hamlet in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, New York.
    countable, uncountable
14. A minor city in Ward County, North Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
15. A town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“‘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.’”

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