Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sawman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: saw-man
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.

Example Sentences

"[…] In the very furthest part A clearing, lately cut, circled a sawmill, A little shack that buzzed until it shook, And breathed rankly of elm. I walked around; The other side was open, whence I watched The fat back of the sawman as he fed."
"Early in the century, Momma […] sold lunches to the sawmen in the lumberyard […] and the seedmen at the cotton gin […]"
"A good sawman can take out eight cords a day, but Frank, driven by the knot of Jackson anger and wildness that drove all his people, could do more."

Etymology

From saw + man.

Inflected Forms

sawmen (plural)

Synonyms

sawyer

Questions

What does sawman mean?: A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.
Where does sawman come from?: From saw + man.

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