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sawyer (n.)
mid-13c. "one whose occupation is sawing timber into planks, boards, etc." (as a surname from c. 1200), alteration of
sawer
, agent noun from
saw
(v.), influenced by French-derived words in
-ier
(such as
lawyer
,
bowyer
,
clothier
).
