1. sawyer - Noun
2. Sawyer - Proper noun
The bowfin.
One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySo what do you think will happen?” Sawyer asked the barman who was drawing his mid-morning pint. "Dunno,” the man grunted. "Except one thing. I know we've been led by fools and rogues, but this is the first time we've ever been led by a criminal! John Brunner
What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?" "Yes. Mark Twain
Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain
I love being on camera. And I love knowing what's going on in the world. Diane Sawyer is my favorite. She never seems to lower herself to get the job done. She just always carries herself well. I really admire her. Carrie Underwood
I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me "Person of the Week," and like I told her, "Diane, I love my daughter." I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 because of the judgment. Marie Osmond
I came at last to a recognition of myself as, in part, a Tom Sawyer who wanted everything done according to the rules of romantic fiction, and complicated simple solutions with his absurd adolescent, book-born nonsense. Robertson Davies