Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

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}]