Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "sawyer beetle").
Definitions
sawyernoun
A person who saws wood, especially as an occupation.
The sawyer worked tirelessly to cut the logs into planks for the new house.
A type of beetle whose larvae bore into wood, often causing damage to trees.
The forest was infested with sawyers, which threatened the health of the trees.
A submerged tree trunk or large branch lodged in a riverbed with its top projecting above or below the surface, bobbing with the current and posing a navigation hazard.
The canoe struck a hidden sawyer just below the rapids.
sawyeradjective
Attributive. Relating to, characteristic of, or containing sawyers (persons who saw wood or wood-boring beetles).