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Sawyer

Middle English (occupational surname) · M

“one who saws timber”

Where it comes from

sawyer, from sawen, 'to saw'

Fun Fact

Mark Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer helped make the surname widely familiar, though it began as a plain description of a sawmill trade.

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