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Sawyer

Sawyer Meaning & Definition
Sawyer Definition And Meaning

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

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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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