Sawyer

See also: sawyer

English

Etymology

• 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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Sawyer (countable and uncountable, plural Sawyers)

1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Pratt County, Kansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky.
   3. An unincorporated community in Chikaming township, Berrien County, Michigan.
   4. An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
   5. A ghost town in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   6. A hamlet in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, New York.
   7. A minor city in Ward County, North Dakota.
   8. A town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.

Derived terms

• Sawyer County

Anagrams

• Erways, Wearys, sweary, swayer, Swarey, Sawrey