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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)