sawyer

noun

a person who saws wood, especially as an occupation.

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.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English sawier, equivalent to sawe saw¹ + -ier -ier¹

Related forms

un·der·saw·yer, noun

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sawyer (ˈsɔːjə)

—n
	a person who saws timber for a living

[C14 sawier, from saw¹ + -ier, variant of -er¹]

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