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sawyer

/ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
sawyer
IPA
/ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.

noun

A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.

American usage

noun

A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.

noun

The bowfin.

American usage

name

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/
  • British English: /ˈsɔːjə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sawyers (plural) sawier (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

ndersawyer ripsawyer topsawyer woodsawyer Skate Suliet

Phrases

fret-sawyer Sawyer County Sawyers Gully

Frequently Paired Words

fret-sawyer

Synonyms

sawyer beetle

Homonyms

soya (some accents)

Rhymes With

lawyer employer destroyer foyer tawyer choir moyer coir loir

Questions

How do you pronounce sawyer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/.
What does sawyer mean?
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
Where does sawyer come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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