Etymology

sawyer

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Today it means: One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit. Full definition →

Middle English sawyer
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sawyer · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsawyer
  2. English todaysawyer

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

Sawyer · proper noun2

  1. Slovene · derived fromŽagar
  2. German · derived fromSeger
  3. English todaySawyer

* As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar. * As a French surname, variant of Seguin.

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