English
sawyer
see also: Sawyer
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈsɔːjə/, /ˈsɔɪ.ə/
  • (America, Northern and Western) IPA: /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/
  • (America, Southern) IPA: /ˈsɔ.jɚ/
Noun

sawyer (plural sawyers)

  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
  3. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
  4. (US, dialect) The bowfin.
Translations
Sawyer
Proper noun
  1. Surname for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A city/and/town in Kansas.
  4. A ghost town in Nebraska.
  5. A city/and/town in North Dakota.
  6. A town in Oklahoma.


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