Sawyer
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Sawyer is an occupational term referring to someone who saws wood, particularly using a pit saw[1] either in a saw pit or with the log on trestles above ground or operates a sawmill. One such job was the now-archaic occupation of someone who cut lumber to length for the consumer market, a task now done by end users or at lumber and home improvement stores.[2] The term is still widely used in the logging industry, wildfire suppression, trail construction and related work to refer to the operator of a chainsaw (or still in some limited applications, a crosscut saw). In the construction industry, the term is applied to the operator of a concrete saw.
Sawyer is also an occupational surname originating in England,[3] for someone who made a living from sawing wood. Sawyer is also less commonly a given name.
This term may also refer to:
- Sawyer, a fallen tree stuck on the bottom of river, where it constitutes a danger to boating.[4]
Places
In the United States:
- Communities
- Sawyer, Kansas
- Sawyer, Kentucky
- Sawyer, Michigan
- Sawyer, Minnesota
- Sawyer, New York
- Sawyer, North Dakota
- Sawyer, Oklahoma
- Sawyer, Washington
- Sawyer County, Wisconsin
- Streams
- Sawyer Kill, in New York
- Sawyer River, in New Hampshire
People
- Ada Lewis Sawyer, pioneer female attorney from Rhode Island
- Alan Sawyer (born 1928), professional basketball player
- Amos Sawyer, President of Liberia 1990–1994
- Benjamin C. Sawyer, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Celia Sawyer, art dealer, Four Rooms dealer
- Chris Sawyer, computer game designer
- Diane Sawyer, American journalist and TV host
- Gary Sawyer, English association football player for Plymouth Argyle F.C.
- Gordon E. Sawyer Award, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Grant Sawyer, Governor of Nevada
- Herbert Sawyer (1730–1798), British Royal Navy admiral
- Herbert Sawyer, British Royal Navy admiral, son of the above
- Ivy Sawyer, American singer, actress and dancer
- Joe Sawyer, Canadian actor
- Josh Sawyer, video game designer
- Lee Sawyer, English footballer
- Lewis E. Sawyer, American congressman
- Miranda Sawyer, English journalist
- Natalie Sawyer, English sports presenter
- Peter Hayes Sawyer, English professor of medieval history, known for his annotated list of Anglo-Saxon charters
- Philetus Sawyer, American politician
- Ray Sawyer, singer from the band Dr. Hook
- Robert J. Sawyer, science fiction author
- Roland D. Sawyer, Massachusetts clergyman and politician
- Shawn Sawyer, figure skater
- Stephen S. Sawyer, American painter
- Sylvanus Sawyer, Massachusetts inventor and manufacturer
- Thomas C. Sawyer, Ohio State Senator
- Toby Sawyer, English actor
- William Sawyer, several people
- Walter Warwick Sawyer, Mathematician
Fictional characters
- Annie Sawyer, one of the three main protagonists of the television series Being Human.
- Buz Sawyer, title character of a long-running comic strip
- Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain's famous literary character in multiple books
- James "Sawyer" Ford, a character on the ABC television show Lost
- Peyton Sawyer, a fictional character on the hit television show One Tree Hill
- Bubba "Leatherface" Sawyer, a fictional character in the horror movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Sawyer the lady cat and dancing Sidekick of Danny in Cats Don't Dance
Other
- Sawyer beetles, the longhorn beetle genus Monochamus
- Sawyer Brown, country music band
- Sawyer (band), Scottish rock band
See also
References
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary
- ↑ 20 Jobs That Have Disappeared, By Miranda Marquit, Main Street, thestreet.com, May 3, 2010.
- ↑ British surnames - origin
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary
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