sawyer

/ˈsɔjər/

/ˈsɔjə/

Other forms: sawyers

Definitions of sawyer

1. noun

   one who is employed to saw wood
   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

   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