sawman

noun

Etymology

From saw + man.

  1. inherited from *mon- — “human being, man
  2. inherited from *mann- — “man
  3. inherited from *mann
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as sawman — “saw + man

Definitions

  1. A man who operates a saw, especially to cut timber.

    • Early in the century, Momma […] sold lunches to the sawmen in the lumberyard […] and the seedmen at the cotton gin […]
    • A good sawman can take out eight cords a day, but Frank, driven by the knot of Jackson anger and wildness that drove all his people, could do more.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA