sawyer

/ˈsɔjər/
/ˈsɔjə/
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Other forms: sawyers

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