sawyer means A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
sawyer is pronounced /ˈsɔːjə/.
Etymology
* 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.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Pratt County, Kansas.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chikaming township, Berrien County, Michigan.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
noun
- 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.