"sawyer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɔːjə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɔɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/ [Northern, US, Western], /ˈsɔ.jɚ/ [Southern, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sawyer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sawyers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ), -ɔː.jə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{inh|en|enm|sawyer}} Middle English sawyer, {{m|enm|sawier}} sawier, {{m|enm|sawior}} sawior, {{suffix|en|saw|yer}} saw + -yer, {{doublet|en|sawer}} Doublet of sawer Head templates: {{en-noun}} sawyer (plural sawyers)
  1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Categories (lifeform): Chrysomeloid beetles Translations (one who saws timber): zager (Dutch), segilisto (Esperanto), sahuri (Finnish), sahaaja (Finnish), scieur [masculine] (French), scieuse [feminine] (French), Säger [masculine] (German), Sägerin [feminine] (German), sahhaaja (Ingrian), sábhadóir [masculine] (Irish), بچقیجی (bıçkıcı) (Ottoman Turkish), serrador [masculine] (Portuguese), пи́льщик (pílʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), aserrador [masculine] (Spanish), sågare [common-gender] (Swedish), sågverksarbetare [common-gender] (Swedish), bıçkıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sawyer-en-noun-hvF9OagF Disambiguation of Occupations: 47 20 6 27 Disambiguation of People: 63 6 19 12 Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 23 30 18 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -yer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 7 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -yer: 20 35 8 38 Disambiguation of 'one who saws timber': 87 3 9 1
  2. (US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current. Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Chrysomeloid beetles
    Sense id: en-sawyer-en-noun-xyLknpM8 Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 23 30 18 29 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -yer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 7 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -yer: 20 35 8 38
  3. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber. Categories (lifeform): Chrysomeloid beetles
    Sense id: en-sawyer-en-noun-CoKiez5~ Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 23 30 18 29
  4. (US, dialect) The bowfin. Tags: US, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Chrysomeloid beetles, Holostean fish
    Sense id: en-sawyer-en-noun-0T12IECr Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 23 30 18 29 Disambiguation of Holostean fish: 21 30 9 41 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -yer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 7 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -yer: 20 35 8 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sawier [obsolete] Related terms: fret-sawyer

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Säger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sägerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "word": "sahhaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sábhadóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bıçkıcı",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "word": "بچقیجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pílʹščik",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пи́льщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aserrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sågare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sågverksarbetare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who saws timber",
      "word": "bıçkıcı"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sawyer"
  ],
  "word": "sawyer"
}

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