sawyer

saw·yer  (sôyr)

n.

1. One that is employed in sawing wood.

2. Any of several long-horned beetles of the genus Monochamus having larvae that bore large holes in living or dead wood.

3. See snag. See Regional Note at preacher.

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[Middle English sauere, sawier, from sawen, to saw, from sawe, saw; see saw¹.]

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sawyer [ˈsɔːjə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a person who saws timber for a living

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sawyer - one who is employed to saw wood       laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
	2.	sawyer - any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers sawyer beetle long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle - long-bodied beetle having very long antennae genus Monochamus, Monochamus - sawyer beetles pine sawyer - large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees

Translations

sawyer [ˈsɔːjəʳ] N → aserrador m

sawyer

n → Sägewerker(in) m(f)