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Noun: sawyer  so-yu(r)
  1. One who is employed to saw wood
    "The sawyer skilfully cut the logs into planks for the new cabin"
     
  2. 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