/saw"yeuhr, soy"euhr/ , n.
1. a person who saws wood, esp. as an occupation.
2. Also called sawyer beetle . any of several long-horned beetles, esp. one of the genus Monochamus, the larvae of which bore in the wood of coniferous trees.
[ 1300-50; ME sawier, equiv. to sawe SAW 1 + -ier -IER 1 ]