sawyer
IPA: sˈɔjɝ
Root Word: Sawyer
noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A city and town in Kansas.
- A ghost town in Nebraska.
- A city and town in North Dakota.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- (US) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
- A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
- (US, dialect) The bowfin.
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Examples of "sawyer" in Sentences
- Sawyer and Hurley find the frog.
- Sawyer claims to know the author.
- That man is going to kill Sawyer.
- Cranston remains a mentor to Sawyer.
- Holloway's Sawyer espouses it to a tee.
- A head saw is operated by a head sawyer.
- Sawyer was an advocate of progressive change.
- At this point, Sawyer notices that they are back at the island.
- Sawyer is also notable as being the father of journalist Diane Sawyer.
- Unable to reach the surface in time, Sawyer attempts to defuse the bomb.
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