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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sawyer  \Saw"yer\,  n.  [Saw  +  -yer,  as  in  lawyer.  Cf  {Sawer}.] 
  1.  One  whose  occupation  is  to  saw  timber  into  planks  or 
  boards,  or  to  saw  wood  for  fuel;  a  sawer. 
 
  2.  A  tree  which  has  fallen  into  a  stream  so  that  its  branches 
  project  above  the  surface,  rising  and  falling  with  a 
  rocking  or  swaying  motion  in  the  current.  [U.S.] 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  bowfin.  [Local,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sawyer 
  n  1:  one  who  is  employed  to  saw  wood 
  2:  any  of  several  beetles  whose  larvae  bore  holes  in  dead  or 
  dying  trees  especially  conifers  [syn:  {sawyer  beetle}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Sawyer,  KS  (city,  FIPS  63275) 
  Location:  37.49773  N,  98.68269  W 
  Population  (1990):  183  (88  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  67134 
  Sawyer,  KY 
  Zip  code(s):  42643 
  Sawyer,  MI 
  Zip  code(s):  49125 
  Sawyer,  MN 
  Zip  code(s):  55780 
  Sawyer,  ND  (city,  FIPS  70980) 
  Location:  48.08933  N,  101.05399  W 
  Population  (1990):  319  (143  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  58781 
  Sawyer,  OK 
  Zip  code(s):  74756 




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