sawyer

== English == === Alternative forms === sawier (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw +‎ -yer. Doublet of sawer. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːjə/, /ˈsɔɪ.ə/ (US, Northern and Western) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/ (US, Southern) IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.jɚ/ Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ), -ɔː.jə(ɹ) Homophone: soya (some accents) Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ) === Noun === sawyer (plural sawyers) One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit. (US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber. (US, dialect) The bowfin. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fret-sawyer ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Erways, Wearys, sweary, swayer, Swarey, Sawrey