About The Word Sawyer
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Sawyer
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What's The Definition Of Sawyer?
[n] any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
[n] one who is employed to saw wood Synonyms | Synonyms for Sawyer: sawyer beetle Related Terms | Find terms related to Sawyer: See Also | genus Monochamus | jack | laborer | labourer | long-horned beetle | longicorn | longicorn beetle | manual laborer | Monochamus | pine sawyer Sawyer In Webster's Dictionary \Saw"yer\, n. [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. {Sawer}.]
1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or
boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
2. A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches
project above the surface, rising and falling with a
rocking or swaying motion in the current. [U.S.]
3. (Zo["o]l.) The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]
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