Noun: sawyer so-yu(r)
- One who is employed to saw wood
"The sawyer skilfully cut the logs into planks for the new cabin"
- Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
"The sawyer beetle's larvae can cause significant damage to lumber";
- sawyer beetle
Derived forms: sawyers
Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle, manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: genus Monochamus, Monochamus
Encyclopedia: Sawyer, Nebraska