topsawyer

Etymology

Blend of top + sawyer.

topsawyer means A sawyer holding the upper handle of a pit saw and standing in the upper position above the saw pit. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

A sawyer holding the upper handle of a pit saw and standing in the upper position above the saw pit.“Well; she has married a topsawyer — I believe the ablest of them all, and probably the most unprincipled [...]”
A highly skilled, prominent, or commanding leader.“A fine colt. If Trevisco which won the Foal Stakes does not turn out a topsawyer I shall be greatly surprised [...]”